Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-09-23 Thread Helen Glazer
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Coincidentally with Amanda Davey's post arriving today, I was just uploading our finished (for now) version of the web page about the

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-09-12 Thread David Bradbury
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I'd say the name pretty much confirms that it's not intended to represent the planet. The "building" definitions are misleading- t

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-09-11 Thread Deborah Taylor-Pearce
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hi, Helen -- We have a little more info and a few more pictures of the plaster sphere, including words inscribed on the undersid

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-09-11 Thread Jean Fontaine
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Helen Glazer wrote : I've posted the new pictures and info on http://www.georgeglazer.com/globes/novelty/plastersphere.html I

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-09-11 Thread Helen Glazer
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + We have a little more info and a few more pictures of the plaster sphere, including words inscribed on the underside. We still don't

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-08-21 Thread Helen Glazer
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Thanks to Michael for forwarding my message to another list and reporting back what they've said! Everyone should feel free to share

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-08-21 Thread David Bradbury
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Quite a bit more than Earth's axial tilt, by my reckoning. I'm starting to suspect, from the "convex" and "concave" labels, that i

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-08-21 Thread Michael Holt
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Helen Glazer wrote: http://www.georgeglazer.com/globes/novelty/plastersphere.html How far off vertical is the axis of the sphe

Re: [MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-08-20 Thread Vladimiro Valerio
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + It is, according to me, a sort of sundial. I see Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, . . .), and there is a clear difference betwee

[MapHist] Help identify this object -- plaster sphere in box

2009-08-20 Thread Helen Glazer
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + http://www.georgeglazer.com/globes/novelty/plastersphere.html We have a plaster sphere mounted in a box that is clearly for measurin