stussy-demon Report This Comment Date: October 20, 2004 02:16PM
Convicted forger A. Schiller was serving his time in Sing Sing prison in the
late 1800s when guards found him dead in his cell. On his body they found seven
regular straight pins whose heads measured the typical 47/1000ths of an inch or
1.17 millimeters in diameter. Under 500 magnification it was found that the tiny
etchings seen on the heads of the pins were the words to The Lord's Prayer,
which is 65 words and 254 letters long. Of the seven pins, six were silver and
one was gold - the gold pin's prayer was flawless and a true masterpiece.
Schiller had spent the last 25 years of his life creating the pins, using a tool
too small to be seen by the naked eye. It is estimated that it took 1,863
sepatate carving strokes to make it. Schiller went blind because of his artwork.
ssi Report This Comment Date: October 20, 2004 07:24PM
so...who decided "oh lets magnify the things this dead inmate left us,
just for fun you know"
lil\'Diablo Report This Comment Date: October 20, 2004 10:35PM
i imagine he left a note, as if he would do all of that for nothing.
Wayewan Report This Comment Date: October 21, 2004 04:08PM
Yes but the note would have been too small to read so who decided to magnify
that?
And he did do it for nothing ´cos it doesn´t exactly serve a purpose. Other
than to have killed some time. And that could have been done with just one
hand.
Dragonfire Report This Comment Date: October 23, 2004 02:36PM
So he carved that message with a pin on a pin of the same size? That's like
writing on a piece of paper the size of the pen tip. Imposible. Besides, how did
he get past all the angels dancing on the tip?