Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/15


 * ... that the Atlas Coelestis (pictured) is a star atlas published posthumously in 1729, based on the First Astronomer Royal's observations? (May 2011 1,200 hits)
 * ... that Alfred E. Goodey collected and commissioned paintings to record the history of Derby?
 * ... that English sculptor Ronald Pope learnt how to work with metals at Rolls-Royce during World War II?
 * ... that Benjamin Vulliamy, who designed the clock that defined time at the Prime Meridian, also designed clocks with porcelain cases?
 * ... that the 96,000 people who visited the The Derby Exhibition of 1839 were able to view a coconut?