{"id":611,"date":"2013-11-21T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/?p=611"},"modified":"2013-11-06T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T19:37:03","slug":"oslers-coat-of-arms-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/oslers-coat-of-arms-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Osler\u2019s coat of arms in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past summer, the NASA space shuttle Endeavour<\/em> took its 25th<\/sup> and final voyage to the International Space Station to deploy a device called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a cosmic ray particle detector that scientists hope will help make breakthroughs in our understanding of dark matter, anti-matter, and the origin of the universe.<\/p>\n

Carried along for the ride into space was a Canadian flag and a ceramic tile featuring William Osler\u2019s coat of arms. This was presented to McGill by American astronaut Andrew Feustel in a ceremony last month.<\/p>\n

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Osler’s coat of arms. He was knighted in 1911 and chose a beaver and a fleur-de-lis as armorial symbols to represent his Canadian heritage.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Presentation of the tile to the Osler Library, with head librarian Chris Lyons and astronaut Drew Feustel.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Osler head librarian Chris Lyons holding an artifact that has traveled 6.5 million miles in 248 orbits of the Earth.<\/p><\/div>\n

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