Thursday, August 06, 2009

a real golden compass

As much as I am a fan of the Philip Pullman books, I can't help but be more excited by this actual and amazing discovery, which has been all over the news lately. Finally, an invention that rivals my iPhone...

1 comments:

JJM said...

There's also a wonderful animated exploded view over at the Guardian site:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/jul/29/archaeology-astronomy

Alas, only the front (one-dial) side, but it gives one great appreciation of the intricacy of the mechanism.

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