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If we are to assume this is the original image: then this image with the key is very similarly labeled: Not only are the labels similar, but the features are represented in a very similar if not identical fashion. With regard to the compass, it’s called a “telltale compass” and is...

I agree, they’re more likely armillary spheres/astrolabes. I can’t imagine any great utility for a gyroscope on an aircraft of that nature, let alone two. The inherent design of the craft seems to indicate it would remain near level, as a pendulum suspended from the sail above. antiquity seems...

Doing a little digging on this matter, I found this page: Early Aviators - Bartolomeu Lourenco de Gusmao This image and quote: "It was filled with numerous tubes, through which the wind flowed and filled out the bulges which gave it shape." Side note: The pictures KD posted, the flag...

according to the studies, the second impact crater is about 200km “to the right” from Hiawatha (this would be down on my overlay). I can’t really use cardinals because I’ve rotated Greenland. I’ve taken the liberty of approximating the Hiawatha crater on my sketchy overlay of Greenland onto...

Algernon enjoyed some literary use 1520-1525 and again in the late 1500s. Unfortunately ngram can’t scrub books before 1800 it seems

And all of a sudden, Al-gernon makes a shred of sense. Can you provide a reference?

@jd755 ”As for the maps are we misinterpreting a building symbology that conveys purpose in the mind of the map maker and the map user?” are you suggesting that the map maker(s) drew English icon cities on the map to represent native dwellings that were actually grass huts etc, because people...

Funny. @Recognition thats an interesting play. I like it, but it begs the question: is it Alger-non or is it al-gernon? If the former, your point is well taken. If the latter, Al-gernon is derivative of auxgernon, or “with mustache.” with mustache seems like an irrelevant dead end of...

Wow, sometimes you need to step back and take in the whole image 🤦🏻‍♂️ that’s very curious indeed! There appears to be a railed staircase on the left side. I wonder if they were privy to deluged infrastructure? another interesting note, there is a bit of red border on the top and both sides...

Alright, well this is getting strange…. I decided to focus some energy on that interesting picture of upside down people. This is what I found: Source: Eye Witness John White 1585 - Charnal House “John White (c 1540-1593) was an English artist & early pioneer of English efforts to settle...

Hats off to you sir. For whatever it’s worth, we are honing in on the introduction of the cotter pin. It must be somewhere between 1800 and 1869. Your idea of looking at old equipment for cotter pins is clever. I inspected old photos of steam engines and tons of other equipment circa 1800 and I...

This reminds me of an article I read semi-recently (5+ year old article but I recently stumbled upon it) about some mummified remains discovered in my home state of WA that were highly similar genetically to Siberian (tartarian?) natives. A quick google search returned this neat article: It’s...

Yes, I think the public sentiment has been unveiled regarding these stones! I agree with their demolition. the story is fascinating though. RC Christian is all but certainly a hat tip to the rosy cross/Rosicrucian order, but is it genuine or subterfuge? Elements of the commandments ring true...

Hmmmm. I did find that on some company’s Facebook page, and some other company’s website. I don’t buy it though. Magically, Wikipedia has nothing to say about the history of the pin, but I have a suspicion that the cotter or split pin is far older than 1912. That patent appears to be for a...

I was lying in bed last night thinking about this amongst all of the “end of days” that have come and gone. Y2K came to mind, which was a lot of fuss with little to no fizz. Y2K compliance was everywhere. All software and OS “needed” updates. Banks were set to collapse, planes would fall from...

Reality is a very interesting subject, and the interpretation of that reality is interestingly subjective. I have decided to rely solely upon my senses and my intuition for the more lofty and ethereal concepts. It’s amazing the size and stench of the turds that the public education system has...

I wonder how the narrative ‘splains that. oh. Here’s how: “The length of time the Tsar designated for the building of the railway was ten years. Russia's severe climate meant there was only a four month window each year when work on the railway was possible. This translated into only forty...

In an issue of “Concrete” vol19 from 1921 I found this advert: It’s not a continuous miner or ripper, but as a conveyor it doesn’t compare!

Here's a very crude animation of what I perceive the mechanical action to be: my skills aren't strong enough to represent the action of this piece: connections like this provide two results: shortening the resulting movement and causing delays before reciprocal movement. I also do not...