Oops - misread for Mike Cowan Sent from my iPad
> On 4 Nov 2016, at 08:08, Frank King <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin Karney wrote: > > Dennis, > > Your nearest port of call would be the > geology department at the Sedgwick museum > in Cambridge... > > Many readers will find this a little puzzling > given that Dennis lives but a stone's throw > from The Cockburn Geological Museum at the > University of Edinburgh whereas Cambridge is > over 300 miles further away. > > The clue lies in the sign-off... > > Kevoin > > The superfluous "o" indicates that he was > using a stereographic projection and, by > assumption, Edinburgh was the pole of the > projection. > > Frank > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial Sent from my iPad > On 4 Nov 2016, at 08:08, Frank King <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin Karney wrote: > > Dennis, > > Your nearest port of call would be the > geology department at the Sedgwick museum > in Cambridge... > > Many readers will find this a little puzzling > given that Dennis lives but a stone's throw > from The Cockburn Geological Museum at the > University of Edinburgh whereas Cambridge is > over 300 miles further away. > > The clue lies in the sign-off... > > Kevoin > > The superfluous "o" indicates that he was > using a stereographic projection and, by > assumption, Edinburgh was the pole of the > projection. > > Frank > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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