translation.
I tried to find reference to it on the internet, but on short notice wasn't
able to. Sasch Stephens
From: rtbai...@telus.net
To: jaub...@cpcug.org; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Most Valuable Sundial?
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:08:36 -0700
Hi Jack,
I had similar concerns. Hw
Value, schmalue.
But it appears to be an interesting object, particularly if it really is an
accurate replica of something from the 17th century. Are there more photos
of it and an explanation of how it works? At first glance it looks like a
skaphe dial made to be transparent by use of a
spheres in China many centuries
before the Jesuits arrived. Perhaps the Silk Road went both ways.
From: Jack Aubert
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:48 AM
To: 'Sundial List'
Subject: RE: Most Valuable Sundial?
Value, schmalue.
But it appears to be an interesting object, particularly
Exactly. This article confuses valuable with expensive!
Make a garden non-dial of a carved solid diamond. Is it valuable? Or just
ostentatiously costly.
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Roger Bailey
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011