-----Message d'origine----- De : Richard Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : Jim_Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc : [email protected] <[email protected]> Date : mercredi 23 juin 1999 05:55 Objet : Re: A couple of items on the web concerning the sun
>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Jim_Cobb wrote: > >>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0622/e_rt_0622 _2.sml >> >>World's Largest Sundial - But No Sun >>Reuters 8:36 a.m. ET (1237 GMT) June 22, 1999 >>PARIS - France inaugurated the world's largest sundial Monday, using >>an ancient Egyptian obelisk as the pin and Paris's famed Place de la >>Concorde as the dial. >> >>The trouble was that the relentless traffic made it hard to follow the >>time lines, the same traffic made Paris Mayor Jean Tiberi 45 minutes >>late for the unveiling ceremony - and the sun did not shine. > >I don't think this is a completely new sundial. I think they've just given >the old one that used to be there a facelift. Perhaps one of our French >members could give us a bit of background on the old and "new" dials. There's >very little about the old dial in the Cadrans Solaires Francais Catalogues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've only found this page in french: http://www.an2000.fr/actu/projets/obelisque.html Gilbert Fousse # La Poste - F-60128 Mortefontaine # ~ 49N06'44" - 2E36'09" ~ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<
