Re: absence

1996-08-01 Thread Slawomir K. Grzechnik
At 03:56 PM 7/31/96 +0200, you wrote: Sorry, I wrote abstinence and meant absence. In Polish the default meaning of abstinence is from alcohol, in American English - from sex, what about English (in America called British English by the way in order to distinguish it from English that is

Re: absence

1996-08-01 Thread James Ludwig (BUMAIL)
it just means that while the brits are having fun at bars, yanks are having fun in beds. -- From: Slawomir K. Grzechnik To: Daniel Roth Cc: sundial@rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE Subject: Re: absence Date: Wednesday, July 31, 1996 9:14PM At 03:56 PM 7/31/96 +0200, you wrote: Sorry, I wrote

Rectification

1996-08-01 Thread Fer J. de Vries
Rectification. A few time ago I answered to the question how to visualise the effect of the tilt of the earth axis to the equation of time. I suggested to draw an equatorial coordinate system and an ecliptical coordinate system in one drawing. I wrote : Draw a circle with radius R. Draw a