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A timely eclipse prediction also figures in Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yan
by my_first_acct 9y ago
A timely eclipse prediction also figures in Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_A...
- triangleman 9y agoAnd of course, Columbus really did use it in 1504 in Jamaica to convince the natives to feed him.