http://www.clickspringprojects.com/ The owner of this site tried to recreate the mechanism with period tools. In that process, he discovered new insight so profound, he authored scholarly papers.
This has so much to unpack! Rattlesnake should have run, but that is not in its nature. Bobcat can slap a rattlesnake mid-strike. Bobcat acts like snake is made of catnip. Rattlesnake tires out after too many strikes. Wonder if snake shot venom onto the ground when bobcat stopped it mid-strike. Bobcat might be rolling in that.
It did not belong to any king. It implies that the wool was dyed before spinning (dyed-in-the-wool) and this appears to be a less than perfect cast-off. That, and it being discovered in an area dedicated to slaves.
I am put off by the tone of the drop quote. Calling a wild animal that makes its home on White House property a pet is a stretch. But, after all, it is Slate.
That label is not for that record. For starters, the label has four tracks and the record only has three. Maybe even two, since the third looks like a runout. On top of that, I own this Led Zeppelin album and it looks nothing like this. My guess is that the company presses bogus records and sticks famous stickers in the middle.
The owner of this site tried to recreate the mechanism with period tools. In that process, he discovered new insight so profound, he authored scholarly papers.
Check out Tim Faust or Avi Kaplan.