RE: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

2016-04-15 Thread Gent, R.H. van (Rob)
See also http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Davis-Harley-James-McNally-dials-Bulletin-16iii.pdf Rob van Gent From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Patrick Powers Sent: vrijdag 15 april 2016 12:02 To: Dan-George Uza; Sundial mail list NEW

RE: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

2016-04-15 Thread Phil Walker
See Attic Numerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_numerals 1835! Phil Walker Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:16:18 + From: john.davi...@btopenworld.com To: patrick_pow...@compuserve.com; cerculdest...@gmail.com; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

An Interesting Article on Natural Timekeeping

2016-04-15 Thread Richard Langley
Villages Must Recalibrate Time to Survive in the Pamir Mountains Scientists plan projects this year to help a rugged, troubled region of central Asia retune traditional timekeeping methods based on environmental cues in the face of climate change. More:

Re: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

2016-04-15 Thread John Davis
EK stands for  Etos Kyriou, Greek for “the year of the Lord”. See J.Davis, MJ Harley & H James, 'Joseph McNally's Slate Sundials', BSS Bulletin 16(iii) pp.110-116. John Dr J Davis Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/ BSS Editor 

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Re: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

2016-04-15 Thread Patrick Powers
Hi That’s really interesting Dan. I do not know of any dial in Britain/Ireland having Greek numerals for time indication. However, I am aware of Greek being used on something like 20+ British dials but all but one of those only use Greek for their mottoes. The one exception still does not

Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals

2016-04-15 Thread Dan-George Uza
Hello! This is the only sundial with Greek alphabetical numbering I've come across in Romania and I was wondering: are they common in the rest of Europe? Dan Uza --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial