Hello All,
I think Tony's remarks about the dialmay be correct and
all the gnomons of these ancient(!) dials may be held by Whitworth threaded
screws!
The earliest date from Patrick was 1640 but Richard gives us a
date of 1882 for the publication of the book.
David reinforces this with
Silas wrote:
I think Tony's remarks about the dial may be correct and all the gnomons
of these ancient(!) dials may be held by Whitworth threaded screws!
The 'precious' original dial arrived for replication packed like the crown
jewels.
Delineation was competent and appropriate for around
Thanks to everyone for their help with the quotationand
treble thanks to you, Patrick!
Silas.
Hello All,
Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a
dial of 1703 madeby Henry Thomas?
"Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes"
Does anyone know the source of t
Silas Higgon wrote:
Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703
made by Henry Thomas?
Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes
Does anyone know the source
Silas Higgon asked
Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703
made by Henry Thomas?
Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes
Hi Silas:
I am afraid that I do
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Hello All,
Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703
made by Henry Thomas?
Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes
Back yet again! This has got me hooked!! I have also found reference to
this rhyme in
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Patrick Powers wrote:
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres
Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye
Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome
Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes
Back yet again! This has got me hooked!! I have
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not
admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires
it intensely.
-- Oscar Wilde
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Prof.
Woody Sullivan wrote:
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not
admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires
it intensely.
-- Oscar Wilde
Wilde wrote many useless (and clever and
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