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Vikings' sunstones a navigation light - ABC Green @ Work
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"The recently identified calcite crystal found between the navigational tools of a 16th-century European shipwreck hints that they could play some role in marine navigation" reports Balázs Bernáth and his colleagues in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A. To test out if such twilight boards might have ...
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purpose
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The researchers, Balázs Bernáth, et al., from Eötvös University and Estrato Research and Development Ltd, both in Budapest, Hungary, have published their paper on
The Famed Viking Solar Stone & The Uunartoq Disc Were Extraordinary...
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Balázs Bernáth is co-author of the new report. He believes that the Vikings used a domed object in the middle of the compass to create a wider shadow than a regular sundial post. He suggests that the wide hole in the middle of the disc (originally thought as a place to grip the dial) was a holding spot for this ...
Vikings' sunstones a navigation light - ABC Local - Australian...
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... that they could play some role in marine navigation" reports Balázs Bernáth and his colleagues in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
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