At 10,02 +0100 01/15/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Alan, Tony and all :
I propose this new version, hope more convincing, without taking
in consideration any grammatical mistake (... too easy !):
Hora Fugit Rapide Letumquando Invadit Inermus
I consider Letumq. the abbreviation of
Roger Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was experimenting with the shareware program Astronomy Lab. One
calculation that this program plots is the Moon Angular Speed in degrees
per day. This is the lunar equation of time we have been looking for. In
minutes rather than degrees, the
Fernando Cabral [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now I am planning to build a house for a small farm I have. I've
been thinking on how to take the best advantage of the solar
power. This includes where to have a garder with a nice sundial and
where to place the solar panels for water heating as
Roger Bailey wrote:
Some really smart person could automate this. Mount the moon dial on a well
connected to the sea. The height of water in the well would vary with the
tides. This could be used to drive a mechanism to shift the dial to correct
for the lunar equation of time. Do I have an
Hello
I am affraid this is off-topic but still related to the sun and to the
shadows.
Solar power is not much used in Brazil but BrasÃlia, where I live, is an
exception. Here I have never seen or heard of a single house that does
not have solar panels for water heating. We can have hot water
Krzysztof Kotynia wrote:
Hora Fugit Rapide Letumq.invadit inermus
'letumq.' may be an abbreviated word and the 'us' of 'inermus' is not too
clear.
Tony,
I am not sure, perhapse somebody has decrypted this inscription
but if not I would do.
Hora - hour
fugit - escapes, flights,
Ross McCluney wrote:
For those interested, my reply to Fernando Cabral about solar water
heating is attached, or can be seen below. One thing I forgot to say is
that when you have one collector facing East toward the morning sun, if
the panels are placed in series, the heat collected by the
Jim Tallman wrote:
The three panels could also be angled from right to left to provide an
array effect so that one would be best in the morning, one for midday,
and one for afternoon.
This has been ruled out because the panels that are not receiving lightwill
work to dissipate energy...
On 14 Jan 99, at 10:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the word Letumq. is an abbreviation of Letumque,
where Letum means death (lethal comes from this word)
and que is nothing but the conjunction and .
Inermus is referred to me .
Is that not a typo?
I've been told it should be inermis not
Hora Fugit Rapide Letumq.invadit inermus
'letumq.' may be an abbreviated word and the 'us' of 'inermus' is not too
clear.
Tony,
I am not sure, perhapse somebody has decrypted this inscription
but if not I would do.
Hora - hour
fugit - escapes, flights, runs,compare with
Im told that just this week a dial that sounds rather similar was
stolen from near Barnsley (S. Yorks). Not listed in the BSS register. I'll
try to come up with some more information if nobody beats me to it.
Richard Crossley.
Dept. of Physics,
At 08:24 AM 1/13/99 -0700, Philip P. Pappas, II wrote:
Dear Roger Baily, Arthur Carlson and Fred Sawyer,
I am still in doubt whether to use the E.O.T. Would you please reconsider
your answers knowing that I'm trying to keep it simple for my sundial
customers?
Thanks again,
John Carmichael
For those interested, my reply to Fernando Cabral about solar water
heating is attached, or can be seen below. One thing I forgot to say is
that when you have one collector facing East toward the morning sun, if
the panels are placed in series, the heat collected by the East panel
will be
Roger Bailey wrote:
Some really smart person could automate this. Mount the moon dial on a well
connected to the sea. The height of water in the well would vary with the
tides. This could be used to drive a mechanism to shift the dial to correct
for the lunar equation of time. Do I have an
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