RE: Hora Fugil 1712
Hi Silas, All I know is that HORA FUGIT means THE HOUR FLIES (escapes). It could have been borrowed from one of the two below, or somewhere else. QUOT SIT HORA PETIS, DUM PETIS HORA FUGIT (Vergilius) You ask what the hour is, and meanwhile the hour flies. DUM LOQUOR, HORA FUGIT (Ovidius) While I speak, the hour flies. This is all I can tell you. Good luck! Rudolf 52-30N 4-40E -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Silas Higgon Verzonden: dinsdag 5 juli 2005 19:35 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uni-Koeln. De Onderwerp: Hora Fugil 1712 Hello Friends, I have had a request for any information regarding a sundial of a copper type metal with the inscription "Hora Fugil 1712"? Is there any help out there? Silas Higgon - -
Hora Fugil 1712
Hello Friends, I have had a request for any information regarding a sundial of a copper type metal with the inscription "Hora Fugil 1712"? Is there any help out there? Silas Higgon -
(Fwd) RE: [rete] David Beringer
This is a reply from the Rete Discussion Group (History of scientific instruments). --- 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 --- -
