FW: Horologium - The sundial of Grottaferrata, Rome

2008-05-14 Thread Robert Terwilliger
Forwarded message below. -Original Message- From: A.corrao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Horologium - The sundial of Grottaferrata, Rome I thought you would find this article interesting. It's on Imago Romae at this addr

Re: Eclipses

2008-05-14 Thread fer de vries
MessageHans, Not the story of a sun eclipse but of the moon eclipse of August 1617 is showed on a beautiful sundial in Rufach, Alsace, France. At that time and place the redish moon appeared above the surrounding mountains and people paniced what had happened with the moon. It was René Rohr wh

Re: Eclipses

2008-05-14 Thread Frans W. Maes
Hi Hans, One such sundial is at the Tourist Office in Virton (Belgium). It was made for the eclipse of 11 August 1999. Virton is in the very south of Belgium, and only this tiny region saw a totality. For a photo: - go to http://www.gnomonica.be/ - click "Sundials in Belgium" - click "Wallonia"