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
celestial navigation in the voyages
of discovery that put Portugal on the world map. Unfortunately the Manueline
armillary symbol was distorted with an exaggerated ecliptic angle and the
latest version of the flag replaces the rings with silly ribbons. As usual, the
science has been distorted
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
Original Message
Subject: [Flags] (pt) Canedo Commune (Ribeira de Pena Municipality,
Portugal)
Date
thank you guys, I'l post the pictures!
best
thomas
2010/6/4 Roger Bailey :
> Hello Thomas,
> Check www.waymarking.com The link below is from a search in the "Sundials"
> category for "Portugal".
> http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=4c266
Hello Thomas,
Check www.waymarking.com The link below is from a search in the "Sundials"
category for "Portugal".
http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=4c266c7a-ffea-4eba-84ce-d39845c9e92c&wo=True&r=10&ct=159&st=2
I waymarked the two in Sa
Thomas,
The sundial in the abbey of Alcobaça is very interessant.
I wil sent you pictures in a separate e-mail.
Greetings
Willy LEENDERS
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Visit my website on the sundials in the province of Limburg in Flanders
(Belgium) and on worthwhile facts about sundials
www.wi
hi
I'll be in Protugal over the next two weeks: Does anybody have a map
of interesting sundials there?
Thanks,
thomas
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Hello
David,
In
several extended visits to the Algarve, I have found no sundials of interest in
that area. I switched my interest to armillary spheres. As the Royal symbol
adopted by Dom Manuel 1, armillary spheres abound in Portugal. They are on the
flag, the money, incorporated into
Is there a Sundial Society there ?
Thanks for your help David. BSS member 006.Join the UK's number one for the internetClick here
Roger Bailey wrote:
> ... Sundials are just not part of Portuguese culture. But armillary
> spheres are. They were everywhere, so we changed the rules of
> engagement and began searching for armillary spheres. ...
I find this interesting, Roger, because there happens to be a small
armillary sph
courses is one of the things that led to my interest in sundials.
Roger Bailey
N 51 W 115
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Lee Wenger
Sent: February 15, 2001 11:05 AM
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Armillary Spheres i
Roger
Thank you for this picture of Portugal and some of the history of
navigation. This was
new to me.
You may want to take a look at my armillary sphere that I made to find the
comet Kohoutec. It led to
my finding the design of my sundial.
http://www.wengersundial.com/uniglobe/index.html
In the 16th century, the exploitation of navigation technology brought to
Portugal tremendous wealth and power. Henry's nephew, Manuel I, King of
Portugal from 1490 to 1520, was a key beneficiary of this enterprise. Manuel
adopted the armillary sphere as his royal symbol. This symbol expr
This year my escape from winter in Canada was a trip to Portugal. This
offered warm sunshine, scenic sea coast, and an opportunity to stay in the
castles and palaces of bygone times. Like many of you, when I travel, I
search for sundials. This provides a focus for exploration and often
provides a
To my friends of Portugal:
Amigos portugueses:
En un libro español del siglo XVI, sobre
el que estoyinvestigando, hay una cita que quizás se pueda
referir al pueblode CAMBRA.
La única información que he podido
recogue aquí ha sido:
Coordenadas geográficas: 40°41' N -
ls in Lisbon(Portugal)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 13:53:04 MET
>
> Here are a few results which I found with the help of Alta Vista
> (http://www.altavista.digital.com/) and the keywords
> +portugal +museum* +astro*
>
> Naval Museum, situated next to
Dear dialist,
If you have information about sundials/ astronomy places / museum visits about
sundials, astronomy, navigation I would be pleased to hear from you.
Best regards
Bent Hirsberg
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