It’s a lazy Thursday afternoon…wouldn’t you like to know how globes are made at the globe factory*? I thought you might. So have a look.
Representative quote: “One false move, and they could lose parts of Japan.”
* = Specifically, this is from the Replogle Globes, Inc. factory in Chicago.
There’s more cool stuff on Youtube from The Chicago History Museum.
(Via Kottke.org.)
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Oh, I’ve seen this video before on the Discovery Channel. It’s in “How It’s Made”.
posted by Karl on 6-6-2009 at 6:34 am
[...] H/T: Kottke.org via Mental Floss [...]
posted by Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Casual Friday — how globes are made on 7-10-2009 at 8:02 am