Fw: sundial in Irish

1999-10-05 Thread D H Kim
Dear Sundialist, This is the comment from Mr. Paul Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] in reply to my message Re: Irish, Bulgarian and Welsh(Gaelic) for sundial I am loathe to question with the native speaker of Irish with whom you consulted regarding the Irish word(s) for Sundial. My interest in

SCHMOYER SUNDIAL NOW AVAILABLE

1999-10-05 Thread David R. Gagnon
Dear dialist friends After nearly twenty years, the Schmoyer sundial is available again! The sundial kit includes a 9-piece set of aluminum castings, all aluminum hardware for assembly and complete instructions. This is the form in which the sundial was originally offered by its creator,

Re: Misc. Questions

1999-10-05 Thread fer j. de vries
Jeff Adkins wrote: Hi, I'm new to the list too. But I'll attempt to answer your questions. My responses are preceded by -- Jeff Adkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] rodandkellyheil wrote: Secondly, how does one construct a gnomon for an equitorial sundial which adjusts for the

Re: SCHMOYER SUNDIAL NOW AVAILABLE

1999-10-05 Thread Frederick W. Sawyer III
Ron, I believe Laurel Browning has given information and brochures on The Schmoyer dial to Ken Clark to bring to the NASS conference. I don't know whether or not Ken will have an actual kit. Fred

Re: Misc. Questions

1999-10-05 Thread Jeff Adkins
Hi, I'm new to the list too. But I'll attempt to answer your questions. My responses are preceded by -- Jeff Adkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] rodandkellyheil wrote: My first question is What meridians require no longitudinal adjustment? In other words, are time zones constructed so that the sun is

Sundial story #1

1999-10-05 Thread Jeff Adkins
Being new to the list, forgive me if I tell you about something you already know: Story #1: How many of you have ever seen the Vietnam Veterans' memorial in Frankfort, Kentucky? I was born in Kentucky and was fortunate to visit the memorial when I had some understanding of how sundials work.

Timekeeping in Italy

1999-10-05 Thread R.H. van Gent
Dear list members, I have a few questions on practical timekeeping in Italy during the 19th and the early 20th century that I hope some of our Italian members can shed some light on. I would like to know how civil time reckoning was organized in Italy in that period and whether anyone can

Re: SCHMOYER SUNDIAL NOW AVAILABLE

1999-10-05 Thread Ron Anthony
David, Thanks for your efforts in bringing back this dial. Is there anyway that one will be at the NASS conference this weekend? ++ron -Original Message- From: David R. Gagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 1:03