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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Gent van R.H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 09:58:32 +0200 Subject: RE: [rete] David Beringer Hi Wolfgang, Hester Higton, _Sundials at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Sundials, Horary Quadrants and Nocturnals in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich_ (Oxford, 2002), p. 438, lists David Beringer (January 12, 1756 -- October 28, 1821) and Paul Beringer: Originally from Dieppe. He was working in Nuernberg c. 1736, where he constructed many sundials. His sundials usually have two signatures - his own and that of G.P. Seyfried, who worked with him. ======================================================= * Robert H. van Gent * * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Homepage: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm * ======================================================= ------- End of forwarded message ------- -
