Great Fred! It's a nice link, but it's like a trail of bread crumbs. Now I'll have to check on all those esoteric additional links. Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30 STL
--- On Wed, 1/30/13, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: From: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 9:01 AM There are meridian marks in several locations around Paris, including inside the Louvre; and yes, the building (Paris Observatory) still stands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_meridian Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Ronald B. Frerker <rbfrer...@yahoo.com> wrote: Interesting story. I remember reading that there was a hugh fight over the location of the Prime Meridian. The french actually had (have?) a building with the line inscribed on the floor. Wonder if it still stands??? -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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