To: Darksheare
Looks like someone else OCR'ed the same article, same source (but misattributed the author); already in the GGG keyword (whenever that starts working right again): Did The Ancient Greeks Make A Computer?
An Article | 1977 | Lionel Casson
Posted on 11/01/2003 9:21:03 AM PST by Holly_P
7 posted on
08/14/2004 3:20:14 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: SunkenCiv
8 posted on
08/14/2004 3:21:06 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(I'll bayonet your snowmen and beat you down with a chinese yo-yo!!)
To: SunkenCiv; Darksheare
Regarding post #6, a little googling...
"John Harrison (March 1693 - March 24, 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances."
11 posted on
08/14/2004 3:35:15 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(Kerry’s OTC Lt. Thomas W. Wright said, "three of us told him to leave.” He was VOTED OFF the island!)
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