tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post8120415425963430166..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: The Stained Glass Project: Shattered ImageD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-89816335632929257252008-12-15T17:09:00.000-05:002008-12-15T17:09:00.000-05:00Heh. The direction from which those particular sh...Heh. The direction from which those particular shots came is not in doubt, except for those who think Kennedy's killing shot was done from the <I>front</I> with a rocket-propelled bullet that left an exhaust trail in its wake.<BR/><BR/>But in this case we're talking about a BB, which has a very limited range to begin with. If I had access to both the impact point (the little hole that the BB leaves) and the shape of the shock cone, I could determine the approximate direction and location of the shot, ignoring the effects of air resistance and gravity. (It's pretty clear that it came from the left, based on the pattern of cracks.) Taking those factors into account would leave us at a position across the street. There are houses there now, so we could assume the BB was fired:<BR/><BR/>a) before the houses were there, from some spot in the vicinity of the houses or beyond<BR/><BR/>b) after the houses were there, from some location within the houses or from some point in space not occupied by the houses<BR/><BR/>As it is, subsequent repair attempts may have made this identification impossible. At best, someone may be able to identify the material used to make the repair, and place <I>that</I> historically.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-9035435789072438412008-12-15T16:57:00.000-05:002008-12-15T16:57:00.000-05:00...Just based on the pattern of cracks I could pro......<BR/><BR/><I>Just based on the pattern of cracks I could probably place him - it was almost certainly a him - to within plus or minus twenty feet.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Uhmmm . . .how are you at grassy knolls..?? ...:minism:...<BR/><BR/><BR/>...tom...<BR/>....tom...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06445539913213011334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-43459564264259447032008-12-15T09:37:00.000-05:002008-12-15T09:37:00.000-05:00HAHA! And I had already done all that reading on ...HAHA! And I had already done all that reading on the <I>Hortus conclusus</I> idea!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://anothermonkey.blogspot.com/2008/11/stained-glass-project-round-windows.html" REL="nofollow">Another Monkey: The Stained Glass Project: The Round Windows</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_conclusus" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia entry for <I>Hortus conclusus</I></A><BR/><BR/>I was reading the first few letters of that second word as "Sanctus". But I think that first word is too short to be "Hortus." Perhaps it is the Latin for "fountain", "Fons," making it the more literal "sealed fountain" "Fons Conclusus"?<BR/><BR/>Dee, your scholarship once again has been amazingly valuable!D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-54032512651498981132008-12-15T08:48:00.000-05:002008-12-15T08:48:00.000-05:00Hortus conclusus -- literally an enclosed garden, ...Hortus conclusus -- literally an enclosed garden, but used as a metaphor for the Virgin Mary. From wikipedia: The term <I>hortus conclusus</I> is derived from the Song of Solomon (also called the Song of Songs) 4:12: "A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed."<BR/><BR/>It's not a baptismal font, it's a sealed fountain.deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989368088566145762noreply@blogger.com