Dear Carlo: WOW! I just saw parts of your wonderful website for the first time. I have always made it a point to keep an eye out for exceptional sundial craftsmen because they are so scarce. I can honestly say that your work surpasses anything I have seen by any living clock or sundial maker. I was amazed by the incredibly wide range of different types of clocks and sundials that you have made as well as the pecision, craftsmanship, complexity and beauty of your work. You are truely gifted.
I don't know why I wasn't aware of you before now, but thank you for giving us your site address. The people in Tony's metal workshop should all check into your site to see all the great pictures or your timepieces and tools. How in the world have you been able to have such a prodigious volume of work in less than a lifetime? You must have been at this for quite a long time now. I hope you don't mind if I e-mail you with a couple of questions later on? Hope you never retire, John Carmichael Tucson, Arizona http://www.azstarnet.com/~pappas in craf> >-----Messaggio Originale----- >Da: Jack Aubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >A: Francis Nouaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ><[email protected]> >Data invio: giovedì 9 dicembre 1999 3.21 >Oggetto: Re: Premieres horloges medievales - Early medieval clocks > > >> C'est très beau, mais qu'est-ce que c'est un foliot? >+++++++++++++++++ >A foliot in early mechanical clocks is a horizontal bar which has a weight >hung from each end. Its purpose is to control the time the pallets leave >the escape wheel to "escape". The same duty, in more modern clocks, is kept >by pendulums or balance wheels. Hope to have been of some help.Carlo > >A reply from e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Carlo G. Croce >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >..........which agrees both with reason and experiment...... >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Visit my clocks and sundials site at > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/3551 >( also featuring an account of my half size working replica of >Giovanni de Dondi's Astrarium and my unique tourbillon clock) Bookmark this one!
