To: RightWhale
OTOH, maybe it was from an Assyrian corner kitsch shop, Aisle 3, fifth shelf, right next to the Egyptian pug...
9 posted on
08/11/2007 8:44:42 AM PDT by
Cvengr
(The violence of evil is met with the violence of righteousness, justice, love and grace.)
To: Cvengr
Some ancient artisans were very skilled working crystal. With pieces left over after major works they might make various objects including lenses. You can make a telescope from two lenses and a stick, don’t need all that tube and equatorial mount, etc.
11 posted on
08/11/2007 8:48:32 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: Cvengr
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