A special soirée at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Dear History of Science Community, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (CHSI) at Harvard University would like to invite you to an informal gathering during this year's HSS Annual Meeting, held in Boston. We will open our museum doors on Friday, 22 November 2013 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Wine and cheese will accompany the visit of our two current exhibits: Time, Life Matter: Science in Cambridge AND Time Time Again: How Science Culture Shape the Past, Present, Future. For more information, go to our website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi-exhibitions.html We are located on the Oxford Street side of the Science Center at Harvard University: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Science Center 136 and 251 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. (map: http://hmsc.harvard.edu/files/museums/files/hmsc_map.pdf) Please join us for this special occasion. We are eager to see old friends and make new ones! Please RSVP to either Dr. Sara Schechner (sche...@fas.harvard.edumailto:sche...@fas.harvard.edu) or myself, your two hosts. Looking forward to seeing you in great number. All the best, jfg Jean-François Gauvin, Ph.D. Director of Administration / Lecturer Harvard University | Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments 1 Oxford St, Science Center 371, Cambridge, MA 02138 Ph: 617.496-1021 | cell: 857.998-8523 gau...@fas.harvard.eduapplewebdata://701ACC2A-7219-46D1-A912-3F24590A12B8/gau...@fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html jfgauvin2008.wordpress.com Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Science Center 251c, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-9542 | Fax: 617-496-5932 | sche...@fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
08:09:10 11/12/13
Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it, but will go for another try this PM. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: 08:09:10 11/12/13
You can also come to Europe, Bill. In my country, 11/12/13 is the eleventh day of December 2013 Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 12-nov-2013, om 19:18 heeft Bill Gottesman het volgende geschreven: Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it, but will go for another try this PM. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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In Canada, I am waiting for 13-12-11 10:09 = 2013, December 11th at 10:09 in the morning. On 2013-11-12 13:43, Willy Leenders wrote: You can also come to Europe, Bill. In my country, 11/12/13 is the eleventh day of December 2013 Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 12-nov-2013, om 19:18 heeft Bill Gottesman het volgende geschreven: Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it, but will go for another try this PM. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: 08:09:10 11/12/13
Come over to Europe and get a second chance. Here we have 11/12/13 in December (and be present at 14:15!) Thibaud At 19:18 12-11-2013, Bill Gottesman wrote: Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it, but will go for another try this PM. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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This has always been a pet peeve of mine! All of these differing date formats are confusing, as you can never really be sure which one people are using. Here in Canada, it's even worse because some people put the month first like in the USA and others put the day first and yet others put the year first! Nobody can be sure if something like 10/11/12 means October 11th 2012, November 10th 2012 or November 12th 2010! At least now that we're in 2013, some of that confusion is gone for the next 87 years. I think that the best way which everyone in the world understands is to start a four digit year: /mm/dd, and all the confusion goes away with the simple addition of two characters. Plus the dates can be easily sorted numerically. It's pretty much the only date format I ever use unless I spell out the month. Paul Ratto SunClocks North America On Nov 12, 2013, at 1:53 PM, David Patte ₯ dpa...@relativedata.com wrote: In Canada, I am waiting for 13-12-11 10:09 = 2013, December 11th at 10:09 in the morning. On 2013-11-12 13:43, Willy Leenders wrote: You can also come to Europe, Bill. In my country, 11/12/13 is the eleventh day of December 2013 Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 12-nov-2013, om 19:18 heeft Bill Gottesman het volgende geschreven: Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it, but will go for another try this PM. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: 08:09:10 11/12/13
I couldn't agree more about the confusion Paul. But as an Australian, I find the US system close to an abomination. But the non-US system(s) will gradually fade as Bill Gates continues his inexorable Americanisation (i.e. bastardisation) of the English language, and people are too lazy or stupid to change the formats to e.g. Australian English and dates rather than accept his defaults. For many years I worked in a herbarium where we had plant collections going back to the 1700s. Dates were always given as day / month / year in an unambiguous format using roman numerals for month: 13.xi.2013. Because the collections covered several centuries, the year was never abbreviated to two digits. It's not just dates that are confusing, it's also time of day. I can only shake my head at Virgin Airlines which lists all the departure and arrival times on their website in 12-hour format, but uses 24-hour on the e-tickets. At least the new urban public transport timetables released in Sydney a few weeks ago have changed from 12-hour to 24-hour format. I have to confess to arriving at Sydney airport for a 6:30 flight, but when I tried to check-in, I was told it was only possible 4 hours before departure, and my flight was at 18:30! As Homer J. would say D'oh! Cheers, John Dr John Pickard john.pick...@bigpond.com Sunclocks North America sunclock...@icloud.com wrote: = This has always been a pet peeve of mine! All of these differing date formats are confusing, as you can never really be sure which one people are using. Here in Canada, it's even worse because some people put the month first like in the USA and others put the day first and yet others put the year first! Nobody can be sure if something like 10/11/12 means October 11th 2012, November 10th 2012 or November 12th 2010! At least now that we're in 2013, some of that confusion is gone for the next 87 years. I think that the best way which everyone in the world understands is to start a four digit year: /mm/dd, and all the confusion goes away with the simple addition of two characters. Plus the dates can be easily sorted numerically. It's pretty much the only date format I ever use unless I spell out the month. Paul Ratto SunClocks North America --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Hi, My father told me that during WWII in London, the 'date problem' was a constant hazard between the British and the American commands, and that, as in John Pickard's herbarium, they eventually standardised on using Roman Numerals for the months. best wishes, Peter On 13/11/2013 10:17 AM, John Pickard wrote: I couldn't agree more about the confusion Paul. But as an Australian, I find the US system close to an abomination. But the non-US system(s) will gradually fade as Bill Gates continues his inexorable Americanisation (i.e. bastardisation) of the English language, and people are too lazy or stupid to change the formats to e.g. Australian English and dates rather than accept his defaults. For many years I worked in a herbarium where we had plant collections going back to the 1700s. Dates were always given as day / month / year in an unambiguous format using roman numerals for month: 13.xi.2013. Because the collections covered several centuries, the year was never abbreviated to two digits. It's not just dates that are confusing, it's also time of day. I can only shake my head at Virgin Airlines which lists all the departure and arrival times on their website in 12-hour format, but uses 24-hour on the e-tickets. At least the new urban public transport timetables released in Sydney a few weeks ago have changed from 12-hour to 24-hour format. I have to confess to arriving at Sydney airport for a 6:30 flight, but when I tried to check-in, I was told it was only possible 4 hours before departure, and my flight was at 18:30! As Homer J. would say D'oh! Cheers, John Dr John Pickard john.pick...@bigpond.com Sunclocks North America sunclock...@icloud.com wrote: = This has always been a pet peeve of mine! All of these differing date formats are confusing, as you can never really be sure which one people are using. Here in Canada, it's even worse because some people put the month first like in the USA and others put the day first and yet others put the year first! Nobody can be sure if something like 10/11/12 means October 11th 2012, November 10th 2012 or November 12th 2010! At least now that we're in 2013, some of that confusion is gone for the next 87 years. I think that the best way which everyone in the world understands is to start a four digit year: /mm/dd, and all the confusion goes away with the simple addition of two characters. Plus the dates can be easily sorted numerically. It's pretty much the only date format I ever use unless I spell out the month. Paul Ratto SunClocks North America --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Peter Mayer Discipline of Politics International Studies (POLIS) School of History Politics http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/historypolitics/ The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 5609 Fax : +61 8 8313 3443 e-mail: peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au CRICOS Provider Number 00123M --- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
