Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread sundials
Hello All, Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703 madeby Henry Thomas? "Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes" Does anyone know the source of this please?

Re: Starting a sundial business

2002-07-25 Thread fer j. de vries
Steve, The program Zwvlak, and the later version Zw2000, wasn't meant for commercial use but for people that are just interested in gnomonics. However, if professionals use the program to make their products, do I have any chance to stop them? I think this is true for many programs that

Starting a sundial business

2002-07-25 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de I'm interested in starting a web-based custom sundial business. First of all, you need to understand where your designs come from. If you use established equations for the sun's position and do the calculations yourself to design dials

RE: Starting a sundial business

2002-07-25 Thread Steve Turley
Thanks for your thoughts. I heard from another fellow who said laser etching does not work well on metals but is fantastic for stone and marble. So I have a lot of experimenting to do! I have been casually investigating sand-blasting for several years but the problem always seemed to be setup

RE: Starting a sundial business

2002-07-25 Thread Steve Turley
Thank you for your response. I will never use Zwvlak or Zw2000 for commercial purposes without your explicit permission. Your postings to the group, and your programs have been an inspiration and a wonderful learning tool, and I thank you for sharing them. -Original Message- From: fer

Re: Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread Tony Moss
Silas Higgon wrote: Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703 made by Henry Thomas? Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes Does anyone know the source of this

Amsterdam Sundial

2002-07-25 Thread david.pawley
We were in Amsterdam last week visiting the Royal Palace. It was noticed that the large circular vertical sundial on the Church next door was over two hours different from clock time. Does anyone know why ? David UK. ___

Re: Low moon

2002-07-25 Thread Anselmo P�rez Serrada
We normally pay attention to the sun, his motion though the skies with the daily and yearly cycles. The moon also merits attention. Have you noticed how low the moon has been recently? Lunar declinations were almost -26 degrees for the last few days. Last nights full moon was almost as low as

Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread Patrick Powers
Silas Higgon asked Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703 made by Henry Thomas? Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes Hi Silas: I am afraid that I do not

Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Hello All, Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703 made by Henry Thomas? Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe

Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes Back yet again! This has got me hooked!! I have also found reference to this rhyme in

Re: Quotation?

2002-07-25 Thread Richard Langley
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Patrick Powers wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes Back yet again! This has got me hooked!! I have