The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length
of each Earth day.
JPL research scientist Richard Gross computed how Earth's rotation should
have changed as a result of the Feb. 27 quake. Using a complex model, he and
fellow scientists came up with a preliminary calcula
But even worse they say that earth's axis has moved by 2.7 milliarcseconds :
all our dial styles will need an adjustment !!!
Greetings.
Gian Casalegno
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>Ogg: Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days
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I also heard it shifted the earth's axis by three inches.
John
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Tom Kreyche
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:21 AM
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Subject: Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth
The position of the pole isn't constant anyway.
Here is the Wikipedia article on the Chandler wobble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_wobble
And here is a photo of the Chandler tombstone in
Cambridge MA.
http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/RMK_Pictures/Astronomers640/SChandler.JPG
> I also
Hi,
A while ago I came across US Patent 2637108 for a sundial watch by
Viesturs(http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2637108). The patent charmingly
suggests that it may be used 'for play and sport, where a good mechanical watch
is endangered by pressure, sand and water, and therefore not always adapte
For those having difficulty accessing the URL a better one for this would be:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2637108.pdf
Regards
Patrick
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From: Peter Mayer
To: 'sundial list'
Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 2:05 pm
Subject: Would this dial work?
Hi,A while ago I ca
All:
I will be in Santiago, Chile later this week and I was wondering if
there are any public sundials there that would be of interest to
check on their condition. I don't know how much I would be able to
move around, but if the opportunity is there I thought that I would ask.
Steve
Yorktown,
Sorry Steve, please I don't desire to offend you, but I suppose that at the
moment people in Chile have all other problems than sundials. People are
without home and food, people died, who care about stupid sundials now?
Sorry and excuse me
Mario
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