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May 2019
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MAG 140 - The Movement of the Heavens

RUSTY QUILL
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Case #7150101


Statement of John Flamsteed, taken from a partial unsent letter to Abraham Sharp, 1715.


Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, the Archivist.


Content warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.


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Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.


Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.


Performances:

  • "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
  • "Basira Hussain" - Frank Voss


Sound effects this week by dersuperanton, RossBell, sangtao, pfranzen, themfish, youandbiscuitme and previously credited artists via freesound.org.


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