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Going round in circles on the circle line

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I'm missing one step (the relative) but I've got the rest (I think):

Temple tube station => Tower Hill tube station => ?? => Christiaan Huygens => Pendulum clock => 1656 => 1666 => Great Fire of London => Monument to the Great Fire of London => Bank and Monument stations => Temple tube station...

Ealing?

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Here I was quite lost.. I clicked on various links, but could not find any interesting Europeans. Maybe the wrong station? I finally clicked on 1687 where I met Mr. Huygens..

It does not feel right though, the link from Hans Sloane to Constantijn Huygens is very weak. There must be something I missed.

-- Ravn 17:42, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Question 14 Answer

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This may be completely stupid, but what the heck;

I started at Temple tube station, but couldn't find any luck there. So I searched for "Execution in France" which returned Louis d'Elbée. I figured the "event" that happened may be the French Revolution, and that started in 1989, so the patent must have happened in 1979. The only invention there is the Smethwick Engine, which is used in Millennium Point, in the City of Birmingham. So if it's not in London, is it in Birmingham?. Lord ViD 20:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Completely wrong I'm afraid. All three of you started in the wrong place. Dmn 03:17, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, mais bien sur!

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Ah. I already guessed that there was another temple station meant. But I looked in the wrong cities..

(..then, see above..)

-- Ravn 13:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed Temple_(Paris Metro) is mentioned on the Temple tube station page. Well Done! 20 points for you. Dmn 16:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Tricky. Well done! Natgoo 16:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]