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The instrument indicates that the technology of the time, of which this is the only surviving example, was by any measure sophisticated. .Grand Illusions A Reconstruction of theAntikythera Mechanism Dated to ca 80 BC In the year 1900 the bronze remains of a mechanical device were retrieved from a shipwreck off Antikythera, near Crete. It was not clear initially what the device was, except that it was clearly a sophisticated mechanism. X-ray analysis was subsequently used to probe the inner structure of the device, the details of the gears.

Three years later, he gave it the new name - one that would stick - "the Grand Ole Opry. . The date was November 28, 1925 and legend has it that the featured performer for that show was Uncle Jimmy Thompson, an 80-year-old fiddler who had the reputation of knowing a thousand fiddle rounds. Hay, one of America's pioneer radio showmen, was the announcer. He proclaimed himself "The Solemn Old Judge" (even though he was merely 30 years old) and launched the WSM Barn Dance, a spin-off of his National Barn Dance program from a previous Chicago radio station.

Questions about this site should be directed to the site Webmaster. . Be one of the lucky ones and ring in the New Year with friends new and old in Rome's Gourmet Restaurant - The Asinocotto. Il classico zampone con lenticchie Traditional New Years Eve piglet sausage with lentils for good fortune in the next Millennium. Giuliano is offering two notable wines, of which you can drink to your heart's content, and finish off the millennium at the stroke of midnight with a fine French Champagne.

Return to the papyrus home page Return to Duke University Special Collections Library home page Please see our page with contact information if you have any comments or questions about the Duke Papyrus Archive. . Imaging the Duke papyri Imaging the Duke papyri by Peter van Minnen In the course of the first year of the project it was decided to make digital images of the papyri instead of photographs or slides. The advantages of making digital images directly from the originals seemed obvious at the time. The imaging would de done in the second year of the project by the librarian hired for the purpose in addition to making catalogue records.

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