His first mirrors would be small... Wouldn't be GLASS would it?
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Rashad Al-Mansour
Date: 4/26/03 11:13 am
To: The Astronomy Connection
Subj: Re: [TAC] Astro Quiz part?
Nope.
Rashad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich N." <RNAPO@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Astro Quiz part?
>
> Speculum.
>
> Rich
>
>
> >Hey Bob,
> >
> >24 is it! My second question may have been worded incorrectly. What was
the
> >mirror made of?
> >
> >Rashad
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob Czerwinski" <bczerwin@No-Spam>
> >To: "'The Astronomy Connection'" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:51 AM
> >Subject: RE: [TAC] Astro Quiz part?
> >
> >
> >> Rashad Al-Mansour wrote:
> >>
> >> > Before he became Sir William Herschel, world famous
> >> > astronomer, his *real profession* was as a Composer,
> >> > Musician and Conductor. Like us he was an amateur
> >> > astronomer and ATM when he had the time to pursue it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Question One: Out of the 144 pieces of music that he
> >> > wrote during his musical career how many were
> >> > Symphonies?
> >>
> >> Didn't know he'd written that many pieces! I do know that 24 of 'em
> >> were symphonies.
> >>
> >> > Question Two: What was the material he polish to create his
> >> > first mirrors?
> >>
> >> I thought he used tar-pitch. Or did his use of this material come
> >> later?
> >>
> >> ..Bob...
> >>
>