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- From: aboz@egf-bbs.uucp (Aboz the Untidy)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: Re: "period" wristwatches
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.180439.3293@egf-bbs.uucp>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 18:04:39 GMT
- Organization: EGF, MN Public Access Unix
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- Alexander the Great was said to have invented a primitive wristwatch. It
- consisted of a band of cloth which was treated with special dyes so as to
- fade and change color indicating the passageof time. This came to known as...
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- Alexander's Rag-Time Band.
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- Sorry, I'm a herald. I couldn't help myself.
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- Berwyn Aethelbryght
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- Berwyn Aethelbryght, Pursuivant of the Shire of Elverod, Grand Forks, ND
- BKA (Known on the BBS as) Aboz the Untidy
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