On 30/05/2014 10:34, Robert Terwilliger
wrote:
Earth Science Picture of the Day
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/05/lunar-analemma.html
As part of my morning routine I take a
look at a page I
On 27/05/2014 17:29, John Davis wrote:
Fellow diallists,
TV viewers in the UK
may be looking at the BBC2 series of 'Springwatch' programmes,
with another 11 hours of nature-watching still to come. It is
bein
On 24/05/2014 16:25, Frank King wrote:
Dear Dennis,
You note:
It also showed the photo in fig 5 of
the article.
Indeed so, and they drew attention to
the clock on the building behind the
empty pedestal, adding words to the
effect that:
Even with the sundial missing
experts can still te
On 11/05/2014 21:16, sun.di...@libero.it wrote:
Not sure what you mean with "clickable map", anyway let me try to explain.
All what you see in the 'gallery' menu is also visible in the 'map' menu
where you can find a pushpin for each sundial.
With a click on a pushpin you get the corresponding
On 09/05/2014 22:40, sun.di...@libero.it wrote:
Inspired by Miguel's idea, a new "path" has been created in Sundial
Atlas that includes all the registered dials placed between 0.1
degrees west and 0.1 degrees east.
They can be seen by accessing SA site at http://www.sundialatlas.eu or
using
On 09/05/2014 22:40, sun.di...@libero.it wrote:
Inspired by Miguel's idea, a new "path" has been created in Sundial
Atlas that includes all the registered dials placed between 0.1
degrees west and 0.1 degrees east.
They can be seen by accessing SA site at http://www.sundialatlas.eu or
using
On 30/04/2014 17:37, Douglas Bateman wrote:
This is a new club consisting, so far, of two members: Frank King and myself.
After the successful British Sundial Society conference, the Sunday morning was
allocated to tours of the Greenwich Observatory. Quite independently, Frank and
I had the in
On 06/05/2014 15:00, Frank King wrote:
Dear All,
In anticipation of this thread, I took up the
matter of the location of the sundial with its
designer/maker, Quinten Hollick. He lives not
far from the site.
As you can see from his reply below, we had
this discussion over 13 years ago! The tre
On 06/05/2014 11:30, Tony Finch wrote:
Geoffrey Thurston wrote:
The dial was still in place and intact in August 2011 according to Google
Street View. For details of where to find it see:
http://www.thegreenwichmeridian.org/tgm/location.php?i_latitude=52.185750
It turns out to be easier to f
On 06/05/2014 14:34, Robert Terwilliger wrote:
Very interesting! I'm pleased to see it there - right under the tree.
Well done,
Bob
Now I know where it is, I will have to pay it a visit.
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Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. UK
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Title: RV: Greenwich Meridei Redux
On 06/05/2014 14:14, Miguel A. G.
Arrando wrote:
As
a personal entertainment, few years ago I completed what I
call The 0.0 sundial trial.
The
idea was to creat
On 06/05/2014 07:24, Geoffrey Thurston
wrote:
The
dial was still in place and intact in August 2011 according
to Google Street View. For details of where to find it see:
http://www.thegre
On 05/05/2014 19:54, Robert Terwilliger
wrote:
And a little child shall lead them.
http://www.twigsdigs.com/annex/old_nass/g_meridian.htm
Adapted from a page I made for the
NASS site.
On 05/05/2014 14:03, Bill Gottesman wrote:
Here is what I think:
The can is laying on its side with its axis oriented north-south. A
pinhole is made on the west side of the can (assuming this location is
in the northern hemisphere, and that the zenith of the sun is toward
the south), pointing
On 30/04/2014 19:27, J. Tallman wrote:
I wonder how well Google Earth matches up with this in terms of precision? Has
anybody ever checked?
Best,
Jim Tallman
www.spectrasundial.com
www.artisanindustrials.com
jtall...@artisanindustrials.com
513-253-5497
If you search for 51 28 39.8 N 0 00 00
On 02/05/2014 07:56, Kevin Karney
wrote:
Shame on you all - abandon this ill conceived club!! The
Sun was not involved in the conception of WGS84. You should
all be expelled from the Sundial mailing list as heretic
On 02/05/2014 07:56, Kevin Karney
wrote:
Shame on you all - abandon this ill conceived club!! The
Sun was not involved in the conception of WGS84. You should
all be expelled from the Sundial mailing list as heretic
On 30/04/2014 20:19, Patrick Powers
wrote:
Hi Ian,
Exactly so, and it would be
interesting to see what dials there were on such a whole
number list. But the snag in all this though is that the
On 30/04/2014 19:33, Brooke Clarke wrote:
Hi Richard:
Prior to GPS each country had their own datum, but if you want GPS to
truly be Global then you need a common datum. There were other datums
prior to the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGS84#Longitudes_o
On 30/04/2014 17:37, Douglas Bateman
wrote:
This is a new club consisting, so far, of two members: Frank King and myself.
After the successful British Sundial Society conference, the Sunday morning was allocated to tours of the Greenwich Observatory. Quite independ
On 19/04/2014 14:40, Tony Moss wrote:
I can't help adding that as youngsters we painted
designs on paper using a strong saltpetre in a continuous line
with a paper toy pistol 'cap' at the end of the trail. When
thoroughly dried and ignited at the s
On 13/04/2014 20:24, Brooke Clarke wrote:
Hi Dan:
Don't know the answer to your question but have a comment.
The dial itself doesn't appear to have a built in correction for the
EOT, i.e. the correction comes from the adjacent instruction bulletin
board.
This allows changing the instructions
On 10/04/2014 15:07, Frank King wrote:
Dear All,
The BBC has got hold of an alarming
story at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-26968617
This is clearly something designers
should pay attention to.
Frank King
Cambridge, U.K.
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On 04/04/2014 17:21, Larry McDavid wrote:
That is interesting and the typical way the OED folks do things.
For those interested in the OED itself, I suggest you consider the
book, "The Professor and the Madman," telling about one main
contributor to the OED.
If you don't find an OED in your
On 22/03/2014 10:48, John Davis wrote:
Hi Doug, Elizabeth et
al,
Yes, the James Fox
programme on the English Renaissance was interesting -
though not absolutely correct with its facts. When
On 15/01/2014 09:50, Tony Moss wrote:
Hi all,
The SML is currently quiet so I hope members won't
object to me sharing a little gem sent to me recently by Mac
Oglesby.
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/touch-wood-japanese-forest-bach/37
On 01/11/2013 13:24, Tony Moss wrote:
Fellow Shadow watchers,
This appears to be a
few seconds fast when judged by my sundial, ;-)
http://www.poodwaddle.com/Stats/
Tony Moss
On 04/10/2013 23:05, Morgie Terwilliger
wrote:
Are we off-topic or what??? C'mon, folks.
John Bercovitz
Is your name Terwilliger or Bercovitz ?
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Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. U
On 04/10/2013 15:59, Dave Bell wrote:
To be honest,
it’s not even (all)
the Republicans.
It’s a vocal and powerful minority of
On 04/10/2013 13:18, Robert Terwilliger
wrote:
From time to time links to certain
images on Astronomy
Picture of the Day related
to solar horology have been posted to this list. I’m sure
On 28/09/2013 22:50, Dave Bell wrote:
The real take-away lesson in that story is DON'T TRUST THE
CLOUD
Sent from my iPad
Yes, the one thing that everybody knows about clouds is that they
can evaporate very quickly :-)
On 28/09/2013 18:03, Roger Bailey
wrote:
Hi Tony,
James Fallows wrote an excellent
article on his experience when his wife's gmail was hacked.
Here is a link. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/hacked/
On 27/09/2013 18:52, David Bell wrote:
If Google cant help, you could try contacting our NSA! Or,
from more recent events, your GCHQ...
Dave
Sent from my iPhone
Or Julian Assange :-)
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On 27/09/2013 11:50, David wrote:
Dear All,
Please note that Tony Moss has had his computer hacked and cannot
communicate for the time being. He has asked me to let the sundial
list know of his predicament.
David Brown
Somerton, Somerset, UK
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On 26/09/2013 17:09, Patrick Powers
wrote:
Hello,
Members of this list will I am sure be delighted to
know that BSS President and Britain's prolific sundial
designer, Christopher
On 26/09/2013 17:09, Patrick Powers
wrote:
Hello,
Members of this list will I am sure be delighted to
know that BSS President and Britain's prolific sundial
designer, Christopher
On 26/04/2013 17:07, Schechner, Sara
wrote:
These
astronomical clocks are part of a tradition of elaborate
and complex clocks that showed all sorts of astronomical
information. They are largely
On 21/04/2013 20:39,
sun.di...@libero.it wrote:
There is no subscription, the magazine can be obtained in two
ways:
- the pdf copy can be downloaded from www.orologisolari.eu
site, the list will be notified when a new issue becomes
avai
On 21/04/2013 01:51, David Andersson wrote:
In message <12D149701D2242FA80D214858AC3FF72@DellVista>
"Roger Bailey" wrote:
Hello Fabio,
I agree with your comment. I should have provided more specific location information. Some years ago I
provided these pictures to Piers Nicholson
On 01/11/2012 16:28, Tony Moss wrote:
http://modernsalon.tv/video-library/ruth-roach-on-mkats-sundial-hair
It's even sillier than it sounds.
Tony Moss
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So this is how you spend your retir
On 15/10/2012 10:54, John Foad wrote:
Actually if you jump to about 27:50 you can catch Mike directly.
Super stuff, Mike!
John
Yes, very knowledgeable and confident, and a great plug for the BSS.
Thanks for the time stamp John, for those of us who didn't want to sit
through the whole thing
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