Back: ARMY'S ZEUS MISSILE AGAINST AN OLD SOUTHERN BACKGROUND A Zeus Missile - part of the Army's Nike-X Anti-Missile System - is posed in front of the Goddard House at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., home of the U. S. Army Missile Command. The Goddard House is an old plantation house taken over by the Army when the Arsenal was established near Huntsville in 1941.
This clock was designed for the observation room at the Flamsteed house, and was gifted to John Flamsteed by his patron, Sir Jonas Moore. After Flamsteed's death, his wife, Margaret Flamsteed, massed produced and sold the clocks for domestic use to pay off Flamsteed's debts.
