Dear Harold,
I wont to add news on octaval hours, and that is, that the division of the
day in eight parts instead of twelve (not really octaval hours), was alredy
known from ancient egyptians. We have a document with prescriptions for
construction of sundials. See H. Frankfort, The Cenotaph of
I am familiar with temporal hours for which the period of time between
sunrise
and sunset is divided into 12 hours. I have recently come across octaval
hours
for which the period of time between sunrise and sunset is divided into 8
hours.
... This eight hours were called
also tides in
Harold Brandmaier wrote:
9-06-96
Dear List,
I am familiar with temporal hours for which the period of time between sunrise
and sunset is divided into 12 hours. I have recently come across octaval
hours
for which the period of time between sunrise and sunset is divided into 8
hours.
At 14.43 06/09/96 EDT, you wrote:
9-06-96
Dear List,
I am familiar with temporal hours for which the period of time between sunrise
and sunset is divided into 12 hours. I have recently come across octaval hours
for which the period of time between sunrise and sunset is divided into 8
hours.
