Yeah, I would like to see Polaris and the Ursa Major.
I'm from Brazil and our flag also displays the Southern Cross, along with
other stars from Scorpion, Virgo, Canis Major, Orion etc. each star
representing one Brazilian state.
The globe depicts the sky at November 15th of 1889, when Brazil bec
Dear Marcello,
Several members of this list have been discussing
the Brazilian National Flag privately. We would like
to know how accurate it is!
The best article I can find is in:
http://www.zenite.nu/04/0804.php
The key paragraph is:
Adotada em 19 de novembro de 1889, seu
Dear Frank,
you know, the flag bears an artistical and simbolical drawing of the sky,
not a scientifically precise representation of it. Now, to your questions:
1. Sorry, I don't know.
2. That's because, as you found, the republic was officialy proclaimed
(signed) at 8:30 am on 15 november 1889 (
Dear Marcelo,
Many thanks for your reply...
> ...the republic was officially proclaimed
> (signed) at 8:30 am on 15 November 1889
That is very impressive. Most people I
know are hardly awake so early in the
morning.
> Methinks it [sidereal time] is mentioned
> in the legislation to avoid ambig
That is a very impressive both mathematically, and as an original
dial.
-Bill
On 1/25/2011 12:01 PM, Fabio Savian wrote:
hi Frank,
two years ago I designed a variant of the shepherd's dial so it
became universal (for any latitude).
Th
Dear Fellows,Just an additional info to complement Marcelo's good explanation of our flag:As already stated, each star represents a State of the Federation, but according to the law 8.421 from May, 11 1992, every time a new state is created a start must be added to the flag without changing the cu
To better understand the pros on this list, and another problem that I am
working on, I recently purchased a book: SUNDIALS - Their Theory And
Construction by Albert E. Waugh. It made an interesting read, and I would like
to share some of that - hope you will enjoy it too:
O God! methinks it w
Ye who make rhymes of sundials stand in good company!
A good source of sundial sayings and mottoes is: The Book of Sun-dials by Mrs.
Alfred Gatty, 1872.
It includes chapters of mottoes, translations from Latin and related stories.
One of my favorites: Make time, save time while time lasts,
Some favorites I have used on dials are:
The afore mentioned, "Time is what keeps everything from happening at once".
"The shadow of my finger cast
divides the future from the past;
Before it stands the unborn hour
in darkness and beyond thy power;
Behind its unreturning line
the vanished hour no
