Richard--
Thanks; that's in agreement with how we all perceive summer and winter.
I'd say that the astronomers and the newscasters and radio-personalities
should listen to the meteorologists.
Thanks again
Michael Ossipoff
26N, 80W
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Richard Mallett
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:21:19AM -0400, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
...
Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when summer
and winter begin:
Although see Sprinter and Sprummer / Australia's Changing Seasons - Timothy
Entwisle
http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/7221.htm
:)
Hi Dan,
Allan Mills exhibited a sundial for the blind at the BSS Yarnfield
conference. A sun spot heated a narrow copper strip wound around the outside
of a cylinder with raised numerals in braille. A totlly blind person could then
'feel' the time.
I have a small jpeg if anyone
Just a comment from the far north on Dawn and Aurora:
Aurora is the name of the light at dawn. The full name of green flaming bands
visible at night in the far north and south is Aurora Borealis and Aurora
Australis. The name Aurora Borealis was given because the light as sees from
middle
Hi Dan et al,
Alan Mills was co-author of an article Sundials for the Blind in BSS Bulletin
15(ii), 58-60 (June 2003).
Regards,
John- Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/
BSS Editor http://sundialsoc.org.uk/publications/the-bss-bulletin/
From:
Anne--
Thanks for your reply.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Bruvold Anne
anne.bruv...@nordnorsk.vitensenter.no wrote:
Just a comment from the far north on Dawn and Aurora:
Aurora is the name of the light at dawn.
Yes, an edition of the Houghton Mifflin Dictionary gives these
Hi John--
As I was saying in my reply to Anne, I'd trade places with residents of
Australia or Europe, in a New York minute.
Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when summer
and winter begin:
Here, it's obvious that summer arrives with June, especially in the parts
of
On 11/06/2015 16:21, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
Hi John--
As I was saying in my reply to Anne, I'd trade places with residents
of Australia or Europe, in a New York minute.
Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when
summer and winter begin:
Here, it's obvious that
