Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Nuclear Ninety North: Eclipse of the Midnight Sun

Nuclear Ninety North

Eclipse of the Midnight Sun

August 1st, 2008

Nuclear Ninety North: Eclipse of the Midnight Sun: Founder of Autodesk (AutoCad) visits the North Pole for a solar eclipse.

Using an ephemeris, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" (title never conferred) Christopher Columbus aground on an island in the Caribbean, Jamaica, intimidated the natives by predicting a lunar eclipse of February 29, 1504 using a German astronomer's ephemeris (Regiomontanus) thereby feeding his men.

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