Tony Moss wrote:
> Fellow shadow watchers,
>No doubt the following is well known but it came
> as a surprise to me.
> While filling a watering can with a garden hosepipe adjusted to give a
> powerful single jet* I have to PUSH the hose firmly into the can to
> overcome the
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, John Carmichael wrote:
> Is there anywhere on earth where there is no Daylight Saving Time and is
> located on the meridian at the center of a timezone?
>
> John Carmichael
Guam has no DST and we are near the center of our time zone, but I'm not
sure we qualify as a dialis
Art Carlson contributed:
>
>I don't think the Bernoulli effect can explain an attraction in this
>geometry. I would look more at the friction from the water moving in the
>powerful eddy the jet sets up in the bucket. If this is correct, then a
>stick held in the center of the bucket near the hose
From: Patrick Powers,
To: "Charles Gann", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15/07/99 16:27 PM
RE: URGENT! Authenticity of dial on ebay.
Message text written by "Charles Gann"
>Assuming the dial to be genuine, I had to wonder, where did the British
have a presence at 28-30 d
Is there anywhere on earth where there is no Daylight Saving Time and is
located on the meridian at the center of a timezone?
John Carmichael
There
is currently an old sundial up for auction at ebay.com. It has the
inscription: 1701 J. Mills Londini. The auction ends 7-18-99 at 13:07:28
Pacific Daylight Time. The item number is #130088066.
I seek the
consensus of the list as to whether this dial is authentic or not. If it
