tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post6073753424149473194..comments2023-05-22T10:27:52.982+01:00Comments on Blogging Pompeii: Pompeii in EstoniaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-63435490306066615112010-05-30T09:56:07.004+01:002010-05-30T09:56:07.004+01:00Well spotted, Gene, this must be a mistake! A quic...Well spotted, Gene, this must be a mistake! A quick Google search reveals one famous Johann Zahn who published 'Oculus artificialis teledriopticus sive telescopium' (first edition Nuremberg 1685) and worked as a canon at the Premonstratensian Monastery in Wurzburg (this was apparently the first comprehensive description of the functioning and application of optical instruments). Strange that a museum should get this mixed up ...Jo Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696550825182079324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-41496682320680390682010-05-30T02:22:18.911+01:002010-05-30T02:22:18.911+01:00Who is "Johann K. Zahn?" Wilhelm Zahn se...Who is "Johann K. Zahn?" Wilhelm Zahn seems a more likely source. Can this be a confusion with an, admittedly, more famous namesake? Help!Eugene Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923575999539287402noreply@blogger.com