For more about the internals of the Globus, see my...

For more about the internals of the Globus, see my blog post:
https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html

Like 23 Feb 2023 at 17:45 | Open on oldbytes.space

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Peter Jakobs ⛵

@kenshirriff I love this stuff, so quirky and simple yet it was good enough to get people safely back from orbit.
Essentially, you could draw a straight line from the Antkiythera mechanism to this.

23 Feb 2023 at 18:11 | Open on mastodon.green

Frank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭

@kenshirriff This is soooo "steam punk"! 🧐

23 Feb 2023 at 19:14 | Open on f.reun.de

M Horstmeier

@kenshirriff This is glorious. Thank you

23 Feb 2023 at 19:53 | Open on mastodon.social

@kenshirriff thanks for sharing these details. I’ve been fascinated by the Globus since seeing a reference & a few images years ago.

24 Feb 2023 at 13:37 | Open on hachyderm.io

Micah Pollak

@kenshirriff Wow, this was an incredible read! Thank you for posting.

26 Feb 2023 at 13:38 | Open on mstdn.social

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