Of John Carmichael
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:43 AM
To: 'Sundial Mailing List'
Subject: FW: Sundial Information
Hi Dialists:
I received this intriguing letter from Ohio State University. The writer
talks about an old publication called The Sundial. And then asked me if I
am aware
Dear John (and Willy, Aleks, Wolfgang, et al),
I have greatly enjoyed the all the answers
to your question about Owls and Sundials...
Willy Leenders tells us that the Dutch word
zonnewijzer really means wiser sun. How
many of us knew that?
Aleks has sent us a nice illustration of a
sundial
Frank,
I do not know if your comment was meant to be funny or serious.
In every way a Dutch lesson:
'wijzer' has two meanings:
1. 'indicator' or 'hand' (of a clock)
2. comparative of 'wijs' (wise - wiser)
In my reply I used the second meaning to ridicule the relation between sundial
and owl
In
frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk
To: John Carmichael jlcarmich...@comcast.net
Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List' sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Sundial Information
Dear John (and Willy, Aleks, Wolfgang, et al),
I have greatly enjoyed the all the answers
to your
And I think Frank might be having us on with the owla
interpretation. More likely the owls around Hughes Hall descend from
the college's crest/shield:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Hall%2C_Cambridge?wasRedirected=true
.
-- Richard Langley
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On 2010-11-19, at
Dear All,
Yes, I was having you on by backing up
Willy Lenders's witty translation of
zonnewijzer. Willy and Chris Lusby
Taylor have provided the more usual
explanation.
I wasn't having you on about Hughes
Hall though! Richard Langley is right
that the college arms incorporates two
owls but
Carmichael
Sent: 19 November 2010 15:43
To: 'Sundial Mailing List'
Subject: FW: Sundial Information
Hi Dialists:
I received this intriguing letter from Ohio State University. The writer
talks about an old publication called The Sundial. And then asked me if I
am aware of any relationship between
:20 AM
To: jlcarmich...@comcast.net
Subject: Sundial Information
Dear John Carmichael,
I am currently reviving a humor magazine titled The Sundial at The Ohio
State University. In old issues of The Sundial, I often see an owl on top of
the drawn images of sundials. Is there any association
[mailto:nathanvarr...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, November 19, 2010 1:20 AM
*To:* jlcarmich...@comcast.net
*Subject:* Sundial Information
Dear John Carmichael,
I am currently reviving a humor magazine titled *The Sundial *at The Ohio
State University. In old issues of *The Sundial*, I often
Dear John,
I'm asking you guys if you have seen any
relationship between owls and sundials.
I once tried very hard to establish such a
relationship but my best intentions were
not appreciated...
I had a client and I wanted to symbolise
sunrise and sunset on the proposed sundial.
I offered a
write him directly.
John
Nathan Varrone [mailto:nathanvarr...@gmail.com]
Friday, November 19, 2010 1:20 AM
jlcarmich...@comcast.net
Sundial Information
Dear John Carmichael,
I am currently reviving a humor magazine titled _The Sundial _at The Ohio
State
between owls
and sundials.
Thanks!
I’ll forward your answers to him, or you can write him directly.
John
From: Nathan Varrone [mailto:nathanvarr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:20 AM
To: jlcarmich...@comcast.net
Subject: Sundial Information
Dear
Ronald Zurcher wrote:
Dear Sundial experts,
I was given your address by Mr. Morrison whose name I also found in the web.
My name is Monique Thoen and I am a practicing architect in San Jose, Costa
Rica. We are currently working on a park project located in Fortaleza,
Brazil (south
Dear Sundial experts,
I was given your address by Mr. Morrison whose name I also found in the web.
My name is Monique Thoen and I am a practicing architect in San Jose, Costa
Rica. We are currently working on a park project located in Fortaleza,
Brazil (south america), and in which a sun dial
Sundial information in the World Wide Web (WWW)
---
A lot of information about sundials is already available in the WWW. A starting
point for this may be
http://aibn55.astro.uni-bonn.de:8000/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_items_instrum.html ,
a document among
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