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Default Can anyone identify strange Russian item on Ebay?

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:16:20 -0500, "Reggie Smithers" Reggie( is my first name)
Smithers wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
Besides, he's wrong - it's a Armillary Sphere also known as a

Spherical Astrolabe based on the Copernican system of astronomy.
It's a little different in that it's based on a globe, but that's
because it's geocentric rather than heliocentric.


Damn, that is exactly what I was going to say.

But it sure would look pretty on the coffee table.



LOL! Your nose is getting larger. Have you noticed???
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