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...
>>