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- From: CFRYE@kentvm.kent.edu (Cal Frye)
- Subject: Re: Period Calendar Wanted
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:13:54 GMT
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- In article <725767220.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Aronson) writes:
- >jww@evolving.com (John W. Woolley) writeth:
- > [...about equal-hour divisions of unequal day and night...]
- >1. Are you pulling our legs? If no, proceed to 2....
- >3. Does anyone out there know of any self-adjusting timepieces that would take
- >this stretching and shrinking of hours into account?
- >
- Yes, milord, such a timepiece is by the practised in the art called a
- "sundial". This noble instrument doth divide the day into equal hours,
- whether 'tis midwinter or the hight of summer. At times of darkness,
- however, 'tis a most difficult matter...
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