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Hint: "People and dates with lasting effect."
Hint: "People and dates with lasting effect."


The initials on the mural corespond to the names of the inventors:
The initials on the mural correspond to the names of the inventors, most of whose whose inventions depicted:


EW = Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1794
*EW = Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1794
*HD = Humphrey Davy - Demonstrated electric lamp to the Royal Society - 1806
*JW = John Whitehurst - Pulsation Engine (hydraulic pump) - 1722 other possible answer James Watt - Improved steam engine - 1763
*BF = Benjamin Franklin - Pointed light rod conductor - 1752
*GLL = George Louis Lesage - Used a single wire system to telegraph a message - 1774
*LP = Louis pasteur - Process of sterilizing milk - 1862
*'''GS - George Stephenson - Locomotive - 1814'''
*GM = Guglielmo Marconi - Radio - 1901
'''*AGB = Alexander Graham Bell - Phonophone (or more commonly, the telephone) - 1880'''
*CM = Cyrus McCormick - Inventor the Reaper - 1809
*TE = Thomas Edison - Invented phonograph - 1877


HD = Humphrey Davy - Demonstrated electric lamp to the Royal Society - 1806
The San Francisco picture shows 3 items above the same starburst(?) pattern: A locomotive (invented by George Stevenson/GS), a telephone (invented by Alexander Graham Bell/AGB); both represented in the mural.  The only one not represented is the statue of Poseidon, whose son is TRITON.


JW = John Whitehurst - Pulsation Engine (hydraulic pump) - 1722 other possible answer James Watt - Improved steam engine - 1763
The accepted answer is: triton


BF = Benjamin Franklin - Pointed light rod conductor - 1752
GLL = George Louis Lesage - Used a single wire system to telegraph a message - 1774
LP = Louis pasteur - Process of sterilizing milk - 1862
GS - George Stephenson - Locomotive - 1814
GM = Guglielmo Marconi - Radio - 1901
AGB = Alexander Graham Bell - Phonophone - 1880
CM = Cyrus McCormick - Inventor the Reaper - 1809
TE = Thomas Edison - Invented phonograph - 1877
NOTE: The icons that go with the initials are all the same except for GS and AGB which have an identical icon.
shouldn't GS be George Stephenson - 1814 or 1825 - since the image is of the steam locomotive?  - Rainaer
angelushack:  answer: triton
wabbit24: The San Francisco picture shows 3 items above the same starburst(?) pattern: A locomotive (invented by George Stevenson/GS), a telephone (invented by Alexander Graham Bell/AGB); both represented in the mural.  The only one not represented is the statue of Poseidon, who's son is TRITON.
Triton is the name of the largest moon of Neptune (the planets in the Berlin projection end at Neptune). Neptune is the Roman name for Poseidon (Greek).
Triton - was also the Allied "code name" for a communication network using the Enigma machine. Also it is used by several companies for different products and systems like
  - The code name of a popular Intel mainboard chipset in the mid-1990s
  - The name of an internal project at eBay used to manage the company's Pay per click keyword portfolios
Athena = Missile
Poseidon = Missile
Triton = missile
Triton (a merman), Princess Ariel's father in the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid. Possible connection with the Murmuring Rock (mermaids singing)
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''Next book: [[Tomb]]''
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Revision as of 05:04, 22 January 2007

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<spoiler> Hint: "People and dates with lasting effect."

The initials on the mural correspond to the names of the inventors, most of whose whose inventions depicted:

  • EW = Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1794
  • HD = Humphrey Davy - Demonstrated electric lamp to the Royal Society - 1806
  • JW = John Whitehurst - Pulsation Engine (hydraulic pump) - 1722 other possible answer James Watt - Improved steam engine - 1763
  • BF = Benjamin Franklin - Pointed light rod conductor - 1752
  • GLL = George Louis Lesage - Used a single wire system to telegraph a message - 1774
  • LP = Louis pasteur - Process of sterilizing milk - 1862
  • GS - George Stephenson - Locomotive - 1814
  • GM = Guglielmo Marconi - Radio - 1901

*AGB = Alexander Graham Bell - Phonophone (or more commonly, the telephone) - 1880

  • CM = Cyrus McCormick - Inventor the Reaper - 1809
  • TE = Thomas Edison - Invented phonograph - 1877

The San Francisco picture shows 3 items above the same starburst(?) pattern: A locomotive (invented by George Stevenson/GS), a telephone (invented by Alexander Graham Bell/AGB); both represented in the mural. The only one not represented is the statue of Poseidon, whose son is TRITON.

The accepted answer is: triton

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Next book: Tomb

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