A small blacksmith anvil can be as long as a few inches and serves as an ideal work surface for tinsmithing, working with brass, and creating jewelry pieces. Collectors, too, might have an interest in a vintage blacksmith anvil to use as a display in a shop or even as a working tool. Any and all options are available through the wide range of blacksmith anvil inventories on eBay so you can be sure to find a classic piece of forging history for your workshop.
In 1604 there was a supernova that is commonly called Kepler's Supernova. That is the last one that was definitely observed (there may have been others since then that were obscured by dust in our own galaxy). The telescope was first used by Galileo in 1609 to observe the heavens (he didn't invent the telescope, however) and we haven't observed a supernova in our galaxy since before then!
Nearby Star Primed to go Supernova, Could Destroy Life on Earth. Astronomers have announced that T Pyxidis, a white dwarf, is growing toward critical mass and is primed to go supernova. They also discovered that the star is not as far away as first thought - 3,260 light-years, close by galactic standards. Smaller novas were observed every two decades from 1890-1967 and one is badly overdue.