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, the right way up?). Peter Tandy -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Tony Moss Sent: 19 February 2011 08:55 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: upside down world On 17/02/2011 23:06, Peter Mayer wrote: > Hi Br

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Hi Bret, Thanks for your posting and interesting correction to the map. However: do get out your globe again! If in your imagination you face the southern pole, you'll then see that the sun arises on your _Left_! That's why the hour numbers on dials in the Southern Hemisphere run counter/a

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The Catholic Encyclopedia has an interesting article on church orientation, including a mention of St. Peter's: . -- Richard On 19-Feb-11, at 11:47 AM, Frank King wrote: Dear Jackie, That is an interest

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I like this corrective map. http://www.insitumixing.com/website4/corrective-map.pdf But I wonder if it would help if we also flopped it, so the sun rises on the right, where we all know it does. http://www.insitumixing.com/website4/corrected-corrective-map.pdf Now we are getting somewhere. :)

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Dear Jackie, That is an interesting observation... > ... I moved from London to Brighton... > In London it seemed usual to say it's on > the left of the street, but here on the > coast, far more people say it's on the > east side. Next time I am in Brighton I shall test the natives. The natives

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’ 09” N.0° 07’ 40” W. From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Frank King Sent: 18 February 2011 07:59 To: bren...@verizon.net Cc: Sundial List Subject: Re: upside down world Dear Brent, You have started an interesting train of thought

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On 17/02/2011 23:06, Peter Mayer wrote: Hi Brent, If you've not seen it before, you may enjoy the 'Universal Corrective Map' (pinched from: www.odt.org/southupmaps.htm) best wishes, Peter Hi Peter, I do like that concept, especially because it would make trips from Austra

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Dear Brent, You have started an interesting train of thought. You, and others who have replied to you, should dig out the February 2011 issue of Scientific American and read the article: How Language Shapes Thought This is subtitled: The languages we speak affect our percept

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ers, John John Pickard john.pick...@bigpond.com - Original Message - From: Donald Christensen To: peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au Cc: Sundial List Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:44 AM Subject: Re: upside down world I was borne in the northern hemisphere and lived th

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I was borne in the northern hemisphere and lived there for 22 years. I got use to reading maps where north is on top, south is on the bottom, west is on the left, and east is on the right. So far so good. I also got use to the equator is south of me, the ocean is west of me, and inland is to the ri

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Hi Brent, If you've not seen it before, you may enjoy the 'Universal Corrective Map' (pinched from: www.odt.org/southupmaps.htm) best wishes, Peter On 18/02/2011 01:30, Brent wrote: Hello again; For fun I removed my globe from its' frame and re-inserted it upside down. Now Antarctica is

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ckard john.pick...@bigpond.com - Original Message - From: "Mike Shaw" To: ; "Sundial List" Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 2:48 AM Subject: Re: upside down world Perhaps if the cradles of civilisation had been in the southern hemisphere, our clocks would all go roun

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Good morning Brent, With my tongue or gnomon firmly in cheek, may I gently suggest that the common view of the Northern Hemisphere on top is quite mistaken, and is a confidence trick perpetuated by those in the Northern Hemisphere who have never ventured south to see the wonderful sunny skies

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Perhaps if the cradles of civilisation had been in the southern hemisphere, our clocks would all go round the other way. Incidentally, I am surprised by how many television adverts in the UK show the sun rising or setting the wrong way. Do you suppose a lot of the filming is done in Australia?

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I bought an armillary-sphere style sundial at a garden centre in Holland many years back. When I got it home, I discovered it was intended for use in the southern hemisphere as the hours on the hour-marker band were "wrong." But flipping it over had them correct. Unfortunately, one has to s