No wonder some nights I can barely find me arse wit both hands simultaneously. 

Rich Knowles
Indigo. LF38
Halifax

On 2013-01-28, at 21:56, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Copericus published his theory about heliocentricity in 1543, and Galileo was 
tried by the Inquisition for writing about it in 1633. Europe knew the earth 
was nor flat by the late 1400s (though they thought it a lot smaller than it 
is), but thought it was the center of the universe until the 1700s. Heck, the 
Vatican only acknowledged that Galileo wasn’t a heretic for writing about 
heliocentricity about 20 years ago.
 
For a good explanation of early methods of celestial navigation and the 
sextant, plus an explanation of how the Pacific Islanders  migrated and 
navigated over great distances, see a book called “Do Dolphins Ever Sleep?”. 
The book has a wealth of interesting information about a wide range of nautical 
topics.
 
Rick Brass
 
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