Re: Astrolabe on coin

2001-04-18 Thread Mike Cowham
>On the Chech coin of 20 Crowns is a picture of an astrolabe. >Is this a copy of an existing one or is it a design made only for the coin? I was in Brno, Czech Republic last year and got one of these in my change. I went back again later for a vacation and asked at our hotel to see if th

RE: Astrolabe on coin

2001-04-19 Thread Martha A. Villegas
On the James E. Morrison site about astrolabes, there is a very nice picture of this coin http://www.astrolabes.org/links.htm Martha A. Villegas -Mensaje original- De: Thibaud Taudin-Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Fecha: Martes, 17 de Abril de 2001 01:07 p.m.

RE: Astrolabe on coin

2001-04-19 Thread Richard Langley
See also: -- Richard Langley On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Martha A. Villegas wrote: >On the James E. Morrison site about astrolabes, there is a very nice picture >of this coin > >http://www.astrolabes.org/links.htm > >Martha A. Villegas > >-

RE: Astrolabe on coin

2001-04-19 Thread Dave Bell
Very nice site! It was interesting to see how downright LOGICALLY the dimensions, material, shape, and finish of the various denominations are layed out. US and UK could take some lessons here... Dave 37.3 N 121.9 W On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Richard Langley wrote: > See also: >