update on Schmoyer sundial

1999-10-27 Thread David R. Gagnon
Dear fellow dialists Laurel Browning has asked me to inform the list that she has ordered a new run of castings for the sundial. Orders received by December 1st will now be shipped by Christmas. She also asked me to advise interested persons that she is not able to accept payment by credit

Re: A Bad Day

1999-10-27 Thread Jack Aubert
True, except for the brief reigh of Julian the apostate (332 to 363). Julian briefly restored worship of the traditional Gods, rebuilt many temples. He was the author of hymn to the Sun God; a praise to the mother of all gods. But Julian disregarded the all the bad omens during his campaign

Hawaii

1999-10-27 Thread Karl F. Edler III
Dear Dialists: I delurk to ask advice/recommendations. In a few weeks, I will find myself in Hawaii for several days, on both the Big Island and Kauai. Are there any special sundial sites anyone knows of, or other distinctive Sun related stuff...for example, archeological sun calendars? Any

The 1999 NASS Conference

1999-10-27 Thread Robert Terwilliger
Dear Friends, For those unable to attend the recent NASS Conference in Hartford, a list of the papers presented, including abstracts, has been put on the NASS Web site: http://sundials.org We hope you will find them interesting enough to consider attending our conference in San Francisco next

A Bad Day

1999-10-27 Thread Sol Invictus
Hello to all my friends and admirers on the sundial mailing list. You will have to excuse me but 27 October is a BAD day. Sol Invictus victus est! On 27 Oct, 312, Sol Invictus, the unconquered sun, supreme diety of the Roman Empire and the civilized world, was vanquished by astrologers, sun