Re: Info on a new sundial

2009-04-03 Thread Thaddeus Weakley
age - From: Gianni Ferrari To: LISTA INGLESE Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:43 AM Subject: Re: Info on a new sundial It is a vertical sundial and you may buy it on Ebay for only 2 euro ! See in   http://cgi.ebay.it/2-Cadrans

Re: Info on a new sundial

2009-04-03 Thread wee-meng lee
M Subject: Re: Info on a new sundial It is a vertical sundial and you may buy it on Ebay for only 2 euro ! See in http://cgi.ebay.it/2-Cadrans-Calendriers-Solaires-Medaillons-en-Bronze_W0QQitemZ370180087988QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_JG_Collections_Sciences?hash=item370180087988&_trksid=p32

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2009-04-02 Thread Phil Walker
- Original Message - From: Phil Walker To: Rixx Cc: Bill Gottesman Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Info on a new sundial Hi Phil, Your little sundial is made in France by Artissime, fairly recently . You are right. On the front, the initials are the months

Re: Info on a new sundial

2009-04-02 Thread Gianni Ferrari
It is a vertical sundial and you may buy it on Ebay for only 2 euro ! See in http://cgi.ebay.it/2-Cadrans-Calendriers-Solaires-Medaillons-en-Bronze_W0QQitemZ370180087988QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_JG_Collections_Sciences?hash=item370180087988&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A758%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C

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2009-04-01 Thread nicolasever...@libero.it
ation. Greetings Nicola Messaggio originaleDa: ri...@yahoo.comdata: 01/04/2009 18.18A: Ogg: Info on a new sundial Hello People! I just got a strange little sundial, its a coin, elliptical, about 1" by 1 3/8", apparently made of sterling silver. There is a hole through the

Re: Info on a new sundial

2009-04-01 Thread Bill Gottesman
It looks like it may have been a freebie (langiappe) given at a French sundial society meeting.  Fun sundial!  This is a model of what was a fairly common type of portable sundial about 200 years ago, but I don't recall the name.  Suspend the dial from a string tied around the elongated slot a

Re: Info on a new sundial

2009-04-01 Thread Bill Gottesman
Fun sundial!  This is a model of what was a fairly common type of portable sundial about 200 years ago, but I don't recall the name.  Suspend the dial from a string tied around the elongated slot and centered over the current month .  There is supposed to be a tiny wire or thin rod, or some oth

Info on a new sundial

2009-04-01 Thread Rixx
Hello People!  I just got a strange little sundial, its a coin, elliptical, about 1" by 1 3/8", apparently made of sterling silver. There is a hole through the coin at the sun marker, I assume for some sort of gnomon to be inserted. Across the top seems to be the months, and on the back it lo