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Seaport Museum Sets Sail, Again - New York Times

New York Times

Seaport Museum Sets Sail, Again
New York Times
The new exhibitions EURœBottled UpEUR (ships in bottles), EURœSuper ModelsEUR (an armada of model ships) and EURœHandheld DevicesEUR (various antique shipping tools) were designed by Wendy Evans Joseph and Chris Cooper of Cooper Joseph Studio, using the Seaport .
Seaport Museum Prepares to Re-Open Its DoorsWNYC

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40 years later: questions about Gulf ship sinking - Houston Chronicle

40 years later: questions about Gulf ship sinking
Houston Chronicle
Even though he had never built a model ship before, he said he challenged himself not only to create a small replica of the Fogg, but to build a ship in a bottle. It's a memorial he keeps to this day. "When a storm comes, I grab my Bible, .

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A Cheesebox on a Raft - New York Times (blog)

New York Times (blog)

A Cheesebox on a Raft
New York Times (blog)
Although Union forces had burned the ship to its waterline, by late July Confederate naval engineers had determined to salvage the vessel and convert it into an ironclad. Simultaneously, Lincoln's Navy secretary, Gideon Welles, asked Congress to .

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Guillotine model used during Napoleonic era set to fetch 8,000
The 200-year-old replica was crafted by an inmate using scrap animal bone, salvaged from waste bins. It was unearthed by an expert doing a routine valuation in a house near Dorchester, Dorset...

Make and Decorate Your Own Model Of The Mary Rose - BBC News

BBC News

Make and Decorate Your Own Model Of The Mary Rose
BBC News
Make and decorate your own model of the Mary Rose at the Mary Rose Museum. Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 February. 11am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm. FREE with a valid ticket The Mary Rose was one of the earliest ships to carry heavy guns. She was a favourite of King .

Tracking Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami - GCaptain (press release)

Tracking Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami
GCaptain (press release)
As the surge of water from the tsunami receded, it washed tons of debris out into the Pacific Ocean: everything from boats and pieces of crumbled buildings to appliances and all kinds of plastic, metal, and rubber objects. The heaviest things sank near .

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The Inquisition: A Model For Modern Interrogators
The Inquisition revolutionized record-keeping and surveillance techniques that are still used today, says Cullen Murphy. His new book God's Jury draws parallels between some of the interrogation techniques used in previous centuries with the ones used today...

Model ship builders share their craft
When Shaun Vary was a child all he wanted was a toy boat to play with. When he was five years old he crafted his own out of a cigarette package and tape, and soon he was hooked on building. "When I was a kid, everything was a fish tug.[.]..

Kingston ships 535MB per second SSDNow V+200 drive
Kingston finished the week by shipping one of its higher-performing solid-state drivs. The SSDNow V+200 uses the combination of a modern SandForce SF-2281 memory controller with the headroom of a SATA3 connection to peak at speeds equal to much of the best on the market. It can peak at read speeds of 535MB per second and writes at 480MB per second....

New South Street Seaport Museum Reopens With Occupy Wall Street Show
After nearly a year-long face lift, the South Street Seaport Museum has reopened, under the auspices of The Museum of the City of New York , which will be running it on an interim basis for a year-and-a-half. The museum, which features an array of historical ephemera including old full-size ships, beautiful model ships (seen here), vintage photography and much ...