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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
The Florence Photo Ops question reminded me of a curious architectural
item I photographed on a building on the Ponte Vecchio in 1999. It looks like a satellite dish, but was made of stone. Here's a link to the photo. Anybody know what this is/was? http://community.webshots.com/photo/...4664wwmznHlWNN K |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
Keeger wrote in
: . Anybody know what this is/was? Renaissance satellite dish. Or did you think in the XV century we just sat and watched paintings ? qqg |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
Looks like a sundial to me. |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:28:48 GMT, "Ron Audet"
wrote: Looks like a sundial to me. Looks like a sundial to me, too. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
"Ron Audet" wrote:
Looks like a sundial to me. I considered that, but it's pointing in a certain direction. Not much use when the sun was behind it. K |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
a calender?
Keeger wrote: "Ron Audet" wrote: Looks like a sundial to me. I considered that, but it's pointing in a certain direction. Not much use when the sun was behind it. K |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
"quiqueg" ha scritto nel messaggio ... Keeger wrote in : . Anybody know what this is/was? Renaissance satellite dish. Or did you think in the XV century we just sat and watched paintings ? qqg, actually that is a radar, projected and built from Lorenzo il Magnifico in the late XVI century to prevent air attack from Pisa in the strategic central area of Florence called, as you know, Ovonda. regards N! Xau |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
Well, actually, that is not quite right. It's Lorenzo's Weapon of Mass
Destruction. Georgie Bush and Filed Marshall RuinedWelt are developing a time machine in preparation for YAPS (yet another preemptive strike). Paul "N! Xau" wrote in message ... "quiqueg" ha scritto nel messaggio ... Keeger wrote in : . Anybody know what this is/was? Renaissance satellite dish. Or did you think in the XV century we just sat and watched paintings ? qqg, actually that is a radar, projected and built from Lorenzo il Magnifico in the late XVI century to prevent air attack from Pisa in the strategic central area of Florence called, as you know, Ovonda. regards N! Xau |
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Ponte Vecchio - Whatsit? (was: Florence Photo Ops)
Aren't all sundials in fixed positions? They are aimed to catch the sun
during as many daylight hours as possible.That is true, anyway, of all the later (eighteenth century) ones we see in Williamsburg and other parts of Virginia. "Debra Weber Kurt Weber" wrote in message ... a calender? Keeger wrote: "Ron Audet" wrote: Looks like a sundial to me. I considered that, but it's pointing in a certain direction. Not much use when the sun was behind it. K |
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