Happy New Year from High Noon Grieskirchen/Austria

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Re: High Noon

Hi Mac et al, Following the previous discussion on this topic, I added High Noon to the draft second edition of the BSS Glossary. My understanding is that it derives from the term haute nones, i.e. the time during the period of nones when the sun is at its highest. Since nones is the early

Re: High Noon

Noon itself derives originally from nine or the ninth hour after sunrise (probaby 3pm :-) and not when it is apparently highest in the sky. Well... you asked, Mac! Maria Brandl Mallacoota So how and when did it get shifted from 3 pm to midday ? Richard. E-mail from: Richard Mallett,

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Richard: Noon itself derives originally from nine or the ninth hour after sunrise (probaby 3pm :-) and not when it is apparently highest in the sky. Richard Mallett asked: So how and when did it get shifted from 3 pm to midday ? Klaus Eichholz wrote: My answer is High noon

Re: High Noon

this but the origin of this counting system is not known. ++ron - Original Message - From: MMB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: Re: High Noon Mac Oglesby wrote: Now and then I run across the phrase High Noon. Can

Re: High Noon

Helllo Mac, some answers were given to you. My answer is "High noon" is correlated with the temporal hour "None" used by the monks. Butas the Benedict rules demanded to have no food before this time it changed more and more foward. The same thinghappenedwith "ve

High Noon

Now and then I run across the phrase High Noon. Can someone please tell me what that means? I didn't find it in John Davis' excellent glossary. Best wishes, Mac Oglesby -

Re: High Noon

://www.sundialsculptures.com - Original Message - From: Mac Oglesby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: High Noon Now and then I run across the phrase High Noon. Can someone please tell me what that means? I didn't find it in John

Re: High Noon

Mac Oglesby wrote: Now and then I run across the phrase High Noon. Can someone please tell me what that means? I didn't find it in John Davis' excellent glossary. Hi Mac, I believe that term means the time of local meridian passage, when the sun is at it's highest? Jim Tallman -

Re: High Noon

Mac Oglesby wrote: Now and then I run across the phrase High Noon. Can someone please tell me what that means? I didn't find it in John Davis' excellent glossary. I can find no straightforward response. But try these. Writers say: http://www.writersblock.ca/spring99/a-origin.htm High

Off list: High Noon (the movie!) and sundials

of evidence (tongue firmly in cheek) is that Frankie Lane's title song from High Noon has a couple of lines: "look at that big hand move along / nearing high noon" What else can you say? How about: the six months in Tucson were wonderful, and if I could get a job, I'd be back t