Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 136

Aktungbby · 01-06-23, 07:34 PM

nope...but it may have passed through Sweden in the Great Northern War enroute to it's final destination.

bracer · 01-07-23, 02:28 AM

Hmm, tricky.
Was it used in war?

Aktungbby · 01-07-23, 03:34 AM

As a means of bribery perhaps; and as war booty well into the 1940's

Ostfriese · 01-07-23, 04:00 AM

Some kind of torture instrument?

Aktungbby · 01-07-23, 04:25 AM

Not unless U were unfortunate enough to be in it in 1747 when one of the two caught fire; that one was was restored by 1790. The reproduction, built in 2005 on the original grounds that housed the 17th century one, is housed in its own building in the castle from which its name is derived (for both of them). Waterpower, via mill and brass worm-drive, was used to rotate the original in its original building.

Eichhörnchen · 01-07-23, 05:47 AM

How many 'passengers' did it usually carry?

Jimbuna · 01-07-23, 06:04 AM

Is it a giant bell?

Aktungbby · 01-07-23, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

How many 'passengers' did it usually carry?

approx. a dozen to QUOTE my many sources...the one dubbed 'the Great' went to see it often.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Is it a giant bell?

I suppose It is a giant 'bell' of sorts; one of the first of its kind. When the Nazis stole the original in 1942 it was recovered by the British and ultimately returned to it's original location where it resides today...though I don't think the current would-be "Great" goes to see it often!

Ostfriese · 01-07-23, 01:19 PM

Was "the Great" you mentioned Catherine the Great?

Eichhörnchen · 01-07-23, 02:30 PM

Or Peter?

Aktungbby · 01-07-23, 02:53 PM

It was Peter; He saw the thing at the castle for which it is named and it was 'donated' to his museum probably initiating a long standing tradition of artifact
removal(looting) as is ongoing in Ukraine today ie Sythian gold etc.

Eichhörnchen · 01-07-23, 05:37 PM

Is it the Gottorf Globe in the Kunstkammer?

Aktungbby · 01-07-23, 06:41 PM

Bingo! Over to Eich! Alas poor Mapuc he's got to have run across
this before!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

The funny thing is, I know I've seen this monstrum before, but I can't place it.
(On tv that is)

Markus

Quote:

After the Gottorf inhabitants lost the Great Northern War against the Danish crown, Tsar Peter the Great – a Danish ally – requested the globe as a present and had it brought to St. Petersburg. The globe is still there today. It has been severely damaged due to its far transport, fire and the chaos of war, however repeatedly restored anew. Hardly any of its original ornamental painting has remained intact. Only its constructional frame and the door have still remained true to the original.

https://gottorfer-globus.de/en/the-gottorf-globe

mapuc · 01-07-23, 07:13 PM

I was wrong I thought I had seen this before which I haven't.

Learned something new today.

Markus

Eichhörnchen · 01-08-23, 05:07 AM

@ Aktung - your'e more generous with the clues than I am - I'd have kept that going for days - maybe a whole orbit

(Back soon)

01-06-23, 07:34 PM	#2026
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	nope...but it may have passed through Sweden in the Great Northern War enroute to it's final destination. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-07-23, 02:28 AM	#2027
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 764 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Hmm, tricky. Was it used in war? __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator, Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Want to support the project on Patreon? Here's the link!

01-07-23, 03:34 AM	#2028
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	As a means of bribery perhaps; and as war booty well into the 1940's __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-07-23, 04:25 AM	#2030
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Not unless U were unfortunate enough to be in it in 1747 when one of the two caught fire; that one was was restored by 1790. The reproduction, built in 2005 on the original grounds that housed the 17th century one, is housed in its own building in the castle from which its name is derived (for both of them). Waterpower, via mill and brass worm-drive, was used to rotate the original in its original building. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-07-23, 05:47 AM	#2031
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	How many 'passengers' did it usually carry? __________________

01-07-23, 04:00 AM	#2029
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some kind of torture instrument?

01-07-23, 06:04 AM	#2032
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Is it a giant bell? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-07-23, 01:19 PM	#2034
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Was "the Great" you mentioned Catherine the Great?

01-07-23, 02:30 PM	#2035
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Or Peter? __________________

01-07-23, 02:53 PM	#2036
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	It was Peter; He saw the thing at the castle for which it is named and it was 'donated' to his museum probably initiating a long standing tradition of artifact removal(looting) as is ongoing in Ukraine today ie Sythian gold etc. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-07-23, 05:37 PM	#2037
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Is it the Gottorf Globe in the Kunstkammer? __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 01-07-23 at 05:47 PM.

01-07-23, 07:13 PM	#2039
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,887 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I was wrong I thought I had seen this before which I haven't. Learned something new today. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-08-23, 05:07 AM	#2040
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	@ Aktung - your'e more generous with the clues than I am - I'd have kept that going for days - maybe a whole orbit (Back soon) __________________