Re: Longitude and the Equation of Time


"Doug Weller" wrote...
On 23 Feb 2007 12:50:25 -0800, in sci.archaeology, Tom McDonald wrote:


I begin to suspect you have no idea what archaeology is.

He doesn't care. He Knows The Truth and his mission is to Preach The
Truth. No room for discussion, no interest in the purpose of the newsgroup
-- for him, it exists only as a forum for his preaching.

respite--respite and nepenthe from thy preaching of truth;
quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost time

"prophet" say i, "thing of evil! prophet still, if loon or troll!--
whether tempter sent or tempest tossed thee here ashore,
desolate yet all undaunted, on this usenet land enchanted--
on this home of horror haunted-- tell me truely, i emplore--
is there, /is/ there balm in gilead?-- tell me, i implore"

quoth the loon-- "The Equation of Time principles I have shown you are the
basis of the equable 24 hour day,you can actually see how that 24 hour clock
day
was created by brilliant men and then applied to terrestrial longitudes,it
is so well known through the Longitude story that only with the greatest
courtesy can I bring myself to respond to a person who assigns an
alternative value (23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds) for clocks and axial
rotation................




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