{"product_id":"1966-bible-worlds-smallest-english-kjv-ncr-microform-space-lunar-bible-vintage","title":"1966 BIBLE WORLD'S SMALLEST English KJV NCR MICROFORM Space LUNAR Bible VINTAGE","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003eThis is a complete English KJV Bible, with both Old and New Testaments, on microfilm, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003esize of 2 by 2\" slide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen first produced a few decades ago, this was the world's smallest Bible. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGood condition, worn paper sleeve\u003cbr\u003e=======================================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1966 the Research and Development department of National Cash Register (NCR) of Dayton, Ohio produced an edition of all 1245 pages of  the World Publishing Company's  Bible on a single 2\" x 1-3\/4\" photochromatic microform (PCMI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe microform contained both the Old Testament on 773 pages and the New Testament on 746 pages, and was issued in a paper sleeve with title on the cover and information about the process inside and on the back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach page of double column Bible text was about 0.5 mm wide and 1 mm high.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach text character was 8 um high (ie 8\/1000ths of a millimeter). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971 Apollo 14Offsite Link lunar module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell carried 100 of the microform bibles aboard the lunar module Antares as confirmed by NASA's official manifest.\u003cbr\u003eLaunched January 31, 1971, Mitchell and the bibles reached the Fra Mauro formation of the Moon on February 5 aboard the Antares before returning to the command module for the voyage back to Earth. \u003cbr\u003eThis was the first edition of the Bible to reach the Moon, and probably the first book of any kind of reach the moon and return. \u003cbr\u003eA second parcel containing 200 microform Bibles flew in Edgar Mitchell's command module \"PPK\" bag in lunar orbit, and did not land. \u003cbr\u003eThese 200 copies represented extra Bibles to be used if something happened to the lunar module copies.\u003cbr\u003e============================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52220298330414,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/205405-004jpg.jpg?v=1781903973","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1966-bible-worlds-smallest-english-kjv-ncr-microform-space-lunar-bible-vintage","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}