The Last on Dr. Furst

1999-04-02 Thread Larry McDavid
her attentions to the Universal Sundial problem. With all respect, Dr. Gregarious Vittkovsky, Visiting Professor. Above archive was located with the assistance of my insightful and honorable good friend, George Vitt, Jr. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los

Printing the BSS Sundial Glossary

2000-07-04 Thread Larry McDavid
is currently free to both parties; even a modest fee for international transfers would be welcome. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)

Zonwvlak Name Derivation

2000-09-07 Thread Larry McDavid
platte zonnewijzer. Zon is the dutch word for sun. Wijzer is the dutch word for dial. Put together, becomes zonnewijzer. Vlak means in a flat form. Zonwvlak is short for that and in 8 letters. For the good old DOS times. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los

SoCal ELN Test

2001-04-03 Thread Larry McDavid
Access test only. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)

Sundial Mottos

2002-12-07 Thread Larry McDavid
Can someone point me to a website with a listing of sundial mottos? -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Fixing to glass (Crazy Glue NOT)

2003-08-01 Thread Larry McDavid
, and the mesh placed in a sandwich against the glass where it must be held for 60 seconds. I'd guess that the mesh maintains a pre-set thickness to the joint to accommodate expansion and will also be an effective crack-stopping agent in the ahrdened adhesive layer. Tony Moss. -- Best wishes, Larry

Re: Sundials in Paris

2003-03-16 Thread Larry McDavid
A thermonuclear-radiant-energy powered, relativistic-independent and spatial-independent continuum display providing automatic power-cycling. Larry McDavid Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: I thought that all sundials are solar powered: no sun, no reading. An alternative definition

Stainless Steels and Banff

2003-07-03 Thread Larry McDavid
conference and staying after, I recall. I'm going early and leaving on Sunday. It will be fun to chat during the conference! -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Educational Presentations

2003-09-08 Thread Larry McDavid
suitable for a technical but not-dialing-focused adult group? -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Dividing the Circle

2003-09-12 Thread Larry McDavid
without success. The book in question is: Dividing The Circle - Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Dividing the Circle

2003-09-13 Thread Larry McDavid
. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Dividing the Circle

2003-09-21 Thread Larry McDavid
can make available; perhaps he will reply. The book in question is: Dividing The Circle by Allan Chapman published by Wiley/Praxis ISBN 0-471-96169-8 -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: NASS Bonus

2004-12-05 Thread Larry McDavid
to groups. I hope you all find this presentation useful. I welcome comments and I am especially interested in hearing any questions or comments from audiences. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me how to play the Larry McDavid Bob Kellogg mini CD received from NASS. -- Best wishes, Larry

Re: Anniversary-of-a-date dial

2004-02-02 Thread Larry McDavid
designed this large horizontal dial so that the shadow of the tip of the gnomon touches the engraved name of each fallen veteran on the anniversary of his death. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Grinder Power More

2004-02-15 Thread Larry McDavid
and annotation I've added to John Carmichael's picture slides. I need something like these for your slides. And, if you wish to add/change pictures, just let me know. I've resequenced slides somewhat since I sent you that previous pdf by email. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20

Re: Illustrating Illustrator

2004-02-21 Thread Larry McDavid
screen capture utility. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

NASS Meeting Hotel Reservations

2004-03-15 Thread Larry McDavid
in Tenafly, NJ. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Test Only

2004-03-25 Thread Larry McDavid
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NASS Tenafly Conference Shuttle

2004-07-12 Thread Larry McDavid
would consider sharing an airport shuttle from Newark Airport to the Tenafly hotel. I arrive Newark on American Airlines 114 at 3:39 PM on Thursday, August 19, 2004. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

NASS Newark/Tenafly Shuttle

2004-08-15 Thread Larry McDavid
would consider sharing an airport shuttle from Newark Airport to the Tenafly hotel. I arrive Newark on American Airlines 114 at 3:39 PM on Thursday, August 19, 2004. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Re: Magnetic Gnomon Attachment

2005-02-01 Thread Larry McDavid
plate on the outside. Larry McDavid John Carmichael wrote: snip Anyway, I've been thinking that for some future project, that it would be possible to attach the gnomon to the SGS using a magnet. If a piece of stainless steel were in the stained glass design, and if the gnomon baseplate were

George Sacco

2005-04-18 Thread Larry McDavid
maker of custom, NC-milled sundials? -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) -

Getting English in Sundial

2006-01-18 Thread Larry McDavid
the issue. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --

Re: tried hard anodizing?

2006-05-17 Thread Larry McDavid
. It has a duller, grayer finish. I wonder how it does in the weather. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Sundial Motif to Be Featured on New Canadian $10 Coin

2006-05-17 Thread Larry McDavid
Now if they'd just put the a.m. VI diametrically opposite the p.m. VI... John B Noticed that, huh! Well, obviously you're not a fully licensed artist! Styled after is the operative phrase here. Too bad, it would have made a nice presentation gift! -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim

Re: tried hard anodizing?

2006-05-18 Thread Larry McDavid
on hard anodize. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Russell Porter sundial

2007-05-15 Thread Larry McDavid
://sundials.org/registry/ and click on Vermont, then scan down to Springfield, the city location of Stellafane. This is Dial 542 in the Registry. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo

Re: Nani Morello at Zonnewijzerkring.nl - SUNDIAL OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER

2007-11-02 Thread Larry McDavid
Now, that is what I call precision chain saw work! You must follow the links through Reinhold's website to see the construction. Larry McDavid NASS Reinhold Kriegler wrote: ... may I put your attention to a new sundial from *BOLIVIA*, made by *Nani Morello*. It is most beautifully

NASS Sundial Registry

2008-08-20 Thread Larry McDavid
, there are often more pictures and the pictures (for several years at least) are of much higher resolution and image quality than is seen on-line. I'm sure this is what John Carmichael meant to explain fully in his 8/19/2008 email. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society

Historic USA Sundial

2009-01-13 Thread Larry McDavid
. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Finding Those Historic Dial Pictures

2009-01-14 Thread Larry McDavid
provided by Ms. Kelly Linn, Curator for the Block House at Fort Pitt. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

About Symbols

2009-08-17 Thread Larry McDavid
you consider the issue I raise above. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid NASS Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

IAPS Reference

2010-07-26 Thread Larry McDavid
, please explain. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: IAPS Reference

2010-07-26 Thread Larry McDavid
is a piece of art by a campus faculty member. It is not a functional sundial, though folks often think so. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society David Bell wrote: Www.iaps.info http://Www.iaps.info Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Edley McKnight e

More on Sundial Magnets

2011-01-05 Thread Larry McDavid
this into an interesting demonstration piece. I offer this little essay just for its educational value! -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB NASS Registrar Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman

Re: longitude correction

2011-02-09 Thread Larry McDavid
/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: STONE Cutting

2011-07-28 Thread Larry McDavid
for the artistic parts. That output could produce the rubber mask used for sandblasting. This might offend some artists, but the artistic work is in the Adobe Illustrator work. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society On 7/28/2011 5:03 PM, Roger Bailey wrote: ... John Carmichael

Re: Couldn't view the transit of Venus with Rainbow Symphony Inc's Eclipse Shades.

2012-06-11 Thread Larry McDavid
it in her lifetime and offered her the binoculars. She was standing in the sun and had only to lift the binoculars to her eyes... She was not interested enough to even try! No wonder we are loosing our technical leadership today. Larry McDavid On 6/11/2012 5:54 PM, Maureen Salmi wrote: Hi Roderick

Tony Moss Email

2012-06-29 Thread Larry McDavid
Does Tony Moss have a new email address? The t...@lindisun.demon.co.uk address is now reported as Unrouteable. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Introductory Presentation

2012-07-08 Thread Larry McDavid
. Where are you located? I presented my PowerPoint educational presentation to my local astronomy club, Orange County Astronomers, and they professionally video recorded it; it has been shown often since (as a time filler, I';m sure!) on our local PBS network. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North

Tony Moss Email

2012-07-30 Thread Larry McDavid
Someone please provide Tony Moss' new email address, please. I failed to update the addressbook on this laptop. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman

Re: Tony Moss Email

2012-07-30 Thread Larry McDavid
mailto:tonylindi...@talktalk.net ... -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: first recorded usage of the word dialler

2014-04-04 Thread Larry McDavid
and be amazed. Alas, some libraries acquire only the three-volume set. Larry McDavid NASS Registrar On 4/4/2014 4:42 AM, Woody Sullivan wrote: Gnomonic friends colleagues: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is _the_ authority on the English language worldwide. They have just issued a request

Re: Design of Cards for Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder

2014-04-18 Thread Larry McDavid
in the correct slot. Winter: 38mm, Equinox: 42 mm, Summer: 33mm http://www.prc68.com/I/CampbellStokes.html -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo

Re: New Sundial

2014-09-04 Thread Larry McDavid
(Eastern Europe). The link is: http://igg.me/at/sundials You can help by sharing the link and funding the project. Cheers, Dan --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE

Re: Dipleidoscope on Ebay

2014-10-31 Thread Larry McDavid
is astonishingly easy to use! Larry McDavid NASS Sundial Registrar On 10/31/2014 9:07 AM, Tom Kreyche wrote: I noticed that a Dipleidoscope is up for live auction on Ebay (USA) - this seems to be a rare offering (not in my budget!). http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIPLEIDOSCOPE-/231365300840?ssPageName

Re: Dipleidoscope on Ebay

2014-10-31 Thread Larry McDavid
by Another Name... Larry McDavid NASS Registrar On 10/31/2014 9:44 AM, db...@thebells.net wrote: A copy of Dent's booklet on the use and design of the Dipleidoscope is available on line from Google Books at: http://books.google.com/books?id=9QlbQAAJprintsec=frontcoversource=gbs_ge_summary_rcad=0

Fabio's Sundial Smile

2014-11-14 Thread Larry McDavid
to minimize file size and is intended to be just icon size. Larry McDavid Sundial Registrar North American Sundial Society --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Orologi Solari and Sol Et Umbra

2015-01-14 Thread Larry McDavid
the app store for it. Larry McDavid NASS On 1/14/2015 4:04 AM, Luigi Ghia wrote: My name is Luigi Ghia and I am the managing editor of Orologi Solari. I want to thank all the dialists that have expressed on this list or personally their appreciation for the last issue of the magazine. We

Re: App for iPad

2015-01-13 Thread Larry McDavid
it already then no harm done but, if not, you have an astronomical treat in store. ... -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Time question on GPS TIME and leap second.

2017-02-02 Thread Larry McDavid
A recent article on the GPS analog clock driver. A better description; http://archive.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_92/article.html Roderick Wall. ... -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) ---

Re: blank subject line

2018-05-22 Thread Larry McDavid
It would be helpful if the reflector owner would modify the reflector settings to include the word, [Sundial] at the beginning of each Subject line. I belong to many email reflectors and this is the only one that does not preface each Subject with the reflector name. At least then we would