Hi all,
Was having a look at Google Patents using the key word sundial and found a
number of interesting sundial patents.
Below is one that I thought was an interesting patent:
Combination lawn/garden ornament and cremation container
A clever question/answer, Chris.
So I did'nt yet examine my problem.
Willy LEENDERS
Hasselt Flanders (Belgium)
Op 8-mei-07, om 01:40 heeft Chris Lusby Taylor het volgende geschreven:
Could you not, just as logically, ask why clocks, watches and
normal sundials don't indicate directly the
Here is a sundial at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in
Cambridge MA, USA.
It's probably not a cremation container, but certainly
could be.
http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/sundials/payson_mtauburn.html
Hi all,
Was having a look at Google Patents using the key word sundial and =
found a number
Hi Richard,
Very interesting, do you know what it is made of is it stone or concrete?
I like the bench seats each side of the head stone.
Roderick Wall.
- Original Message -
From: Richard M Koolish [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject:
Dear Chris,
it is difficult for me to answer to your question, since it is not gnomonic but
philosophical .
Perhaps the thing depends on the fact that the ancients used the unequal
hours from dawn to sunset and therefore they called first hour the
first part of the day and
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They indicate the past time because we know what is passed but we
don't know our future...
Thibaud Chabot
At 01:40 08-05-2007, Chris Lusby Taylor wrote:
Could you not, just as logically, ask why clocks, watches and normal
sundials don't indicate directly the time left until midnight?