John Harrison’s marine timekeeper H4 (1759).
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oh god i need dis
It’s probably not very gentlemanly to slide a chestboard from out between your splayed legs and then have people play from it with you.
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Foodology
Somewhere Else just finished a brand for Foodology, A 8000sqft restaurant situated in the midst of Singapore’s financial district. It serves restaurant grade food at affordable prices via 9 different food types / stations with plans to scale larger or smaller depending on their upcoming locations.
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Detail from the Ancient Celtic Battersea Shield, 1st century BC or early 1st century AD, made of a sheet of bronze. It is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic military equipment found in Britain.
Courtesy & currently located at the British Museum, London. Photo taken by Jorge Royan
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Found, violin that was played as Titanic sunk: Instrument belonged to heroic band leader, tests confirm
As the Titanic sank, the band famously played on.
And more than 100 years after the tragedy, the violin owned by the band leader has been confirmed as a survivor.
The instrument used by Wallace Hartley was thought by some to have been lost in the Atlantic in the 1912 disaster.
But in 2006 the son of an amateur musician found it in an attic, complete with a silver plate showing its provenance.
After seven years of testing, costing tens of thousands of pounds, the water-stained violin has now been proven to be the one played by Hartley.
Within minutes of the Titanic striking an iceberg on April 14, 1912, the 24-year-old was instructed to assemble the band and play music in order to maintain calm. The eight musicians gallantly performed on the deck while passengers lined up for the lifeboats.
The band carried on until the bitter end, famously playing the hymn Nearer, My God, To Thee.
Hartley and the other band members perished along with 1,500 passengers and crew when the vessel sank at 2.20am on April 15.
The rosewood violin is incredibly well-preserved despite its age and it being exposed to the sea.
There are two long cracks on its body that are said to have been opened up by moisture damage. A corroded engraved silver plate screwed on to the base of the violin also helped provide scientists with key proof of its authenticity.
While scientists spent seven years studying the violin, specialist Titanic auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son and a biographer of Wallace Hartley meticulously researched the story behind it to discover the truth.
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Oh man, ive always been amazed by the gallantry of the musicians on the Titanic. I’m happy his violin survived.
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