On 27/01/2011 21:35, John Pickard wrote:
Good morning again Roger.
You asked "I have learned a lesson on whom we should trust as a data
source. Wiki or the CIA?"
The answer is obvious! Neither. Trust WikiLeaks, after all several
governments are embarrassed about having their pants down around t
Cheers, John
John Pickard
john.pick...@bigpond.com
- Original Message -
From: Roger Bailey
To: Frank King
Cc: Sundial Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 5:18 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Flags] (pt) Canedo Commune (Ribeira de Pena
Municipality,Portugal)
Yes, the
I may have jumped the gun with my last statement. While the orthographic
projection clearly does not apply, several other azimuthal ones show
promise, in particular the Airy, equidistant, and equal-area.
Brad
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Brad Lufkin wrote:
> I tried to send the following mess
I tried to send the following message with a 40K diagram attached but it
bounced, so I'm re-sending it without the diagram. I thought the limit was
50K?
Brad
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Brad Lufkin wrote:
> Here's a diagram of an orthographic projection centered at Rio at the time
> in quest
Frank,
It would take some effort to make a conclusive argument as to the projection used on Brazil's flag, but the description on Widipedia says it is an orthographic projection (the projection origin is at infinity). The date and time when Crux (the Southern Cross) was on the meridian are cor
Frank King"
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:21 AM
To: "Roger Bailey"
Cc: "Sundial Mailing List" ; "Frank King"
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Flags] (pt) Canedo Commune (Ribeira de Pena Municipality,
Portugal)
> Dear Roger (with a question for James Morrison),
>
Frank,
The Wikipedia article does not say "proper motion," and I'm sure that was
not the reason for correcting the stars' positions on the flag of Brazil.
Rather, the stars may have been carelessly plotted on the original flag
(even if shown more accurately than on the flags of many other countrie
Dear Roger (with a question for James Morrison),
You prompt an interesting side-track in your
observation that...
> The national flag for Brazil also incorporates
> an armillary sphere...
It seems that you are living just a bit in the past
here. Aren't we all? The flag of Brazil incorporated
a
the links.
Regards, Roger Bailey
--
From: "Frank King"
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:30 PM
To: "Richard Mallett" <100114@compuserve.com>
Cc: "Sundial Mailing List"
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Flags] (pt) Canedo C
Dear Richard,
You refer to a Portuguese communal flag...
> This is the only example I have seen of a
> sundial on a flag (combining two of my
> interests) - are there any others ?
You might look at the Portuguese National
Flag which has an armillary sphere as its
background. See:
http://en.w
This is the only example I have seen of a sundial on a flag (combining
two of my interests) - are there any others ?
--
Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. UK
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Subject: [Flags] (pt) Canedo Commune (Ribeira de Pena Municipality,
Portugal)
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