You wrote: why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?' Aesop's Fables
Baudelaire was writing about a poet (and an Albatross) but I think it could easily have been an astronomer; or a dialist. Le Poete est semblable au prince des nuees Qui hante la tempete et se rit de l'archer; Exile sur le sol au milieu des huees, Ses ailes de geant l'empechent de marcher. The Poet is like that wild inheritor of the cloud, A rider of storms, above the range of arrows and slings; Exiled on earth, at bay amid the jeering crowd, He cannot walk for his unmanageble wings. Regards, Anthony -----Original Message----- From: Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 5:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Laser Trigon Hello sundial friends Some time ago I read on some website about a Laser Trigon - which was a laser fitted onto an equatorial axis which I believe simulated the sun and could be used for the projection of the sun rays on any surface. However I have no idea where I saw this and would be grateful if someone knowledgeable about this Laser trigon would give further information about this instrument. Thanks all! Alexei Pace --------------------------------------------- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 (603) 853-2666 The Astronomer AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: "Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?' Aesop's Fables
