PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-479

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 479

OCTOBER 1992

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-479 - Page 21 of 48
Columbus's
Greatest DiscoveRy
O
Chrs Eve, 1492± the good ship SanTa MaRia ²mmed
a ³eef´ spliT apaµ and ¶nk oF The coast of HaiTi.
A sg
Ch·sTophe³ Columbus was ¸shed f¹om The sºa By »he
c
of
¼he Nina½ He ¾ed To SpaIn wheRe Quºen ¿¶belLa puT hIm
on ¼¹ial fO³ ¼he Loss of The shipÀ
Columbus cLaimed an inÁenced heL
m
n had senT The
San MaRia To
i
waTeà g³aveÀ
A
c³af¼y Lawye³
(so
me
one ThaT Äsn'T) goT him oÅ By cITing a cLause
in Æe Law ThaT ¶idÇ ÈÉf you we³enÊÂ
d³ivÄnË´ iT we³enÌÂ you³ ÍulT.Î
ÏÐhis LegaL defense became
well known
a
the SanÂ
CLause´ buT
tf
s anoThe³
sToà fo³ anothe³ time.)
CoLumbuÑÌs expLanation has s¼ood fO³ five
hund³ed yeaÒÓ buT a RecentLy discoveRed
jouÔaL´ hidden in a heRmeTIÕLLy
sealed mayonnaise ja³ on The
Öck po³×h of The ancesØl
home of MSq Half-MastÙ
ÚveaLs a diffe³enT sTo³yÛ
a sToÜ ThaT begins Ýo monThs
befO³e The Decembe³ AcÄdenT´
on ÞcTobe³ ß2Th on The
sho³es of San àLvado³á


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