Re: Transalpine hours

2000-08-02 Thread J Lynes
-Original Message-From: John Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.deDate: 02 August 2000 08:54Subject: Transalpine hours Hi all, I've come across a reference to transalpine hours in Heilbron's

Transalpine hours

2000-08-02 Thread John Davis
Hi all, I've come across a reference to "transalpine hours" in Heilbron's excellent "The Sun in the Church" (pg 66). This is a term which escaped me when I was compiling the BSS Glossary. Can someone supply a definition, please. Regards, John

Re: Off topic, but...

2000-08-02 Thread R.H. van Gent
Gordon Uber wrote: Mike, It is a great story, which I still enjoy, but I understand that it arose concerning different student at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri--not Niels Bohr in Copenhagen. It is indeed an amusing story but the version that I know mentions neither Bohr

Re: numerals

2000-08-02 Thread Tloc54452
If brass numbers are epoxied to marble stone, will their different coefficients of thermal expansion break the bond? Sorry to be coming in so late on this. Work pressures - got to go there five days a week and work eight hours (or more) too. Ridiculous! This is a transient thermal