It resulted in him working for a Yale University professor in a research and development facility on a mysterious invention at age 13 — a modern version of an astrolabe accurate enough to be used by surveyors. That's not all. “I owned three large historic homes on the coast ...
The astrolabe had long been the primary instrument for navigation, having been introduced in the eleventh century.It operated by measuring the height of the Sun and the fixed stars: by calculating the angles created by these points, it determined the degree of latitude at which one stood (The...
Fiji’s best scuba diving, surfing, and food. A quick 50-minute flight south from Nadi would put you in a tropical oasis filled with outdoor adventures like hiking to secluded rainforest waterfalls, seeing colorful exotic birds, swimming with manta rays, and exploring the Great Astrolabe Reef...