Re: accruate "sundials"


<geraldkelleher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Why is there only one, and how can you call it "independent"?
> >
>
> I do not call it independent,it is independent !,the rotation of the
> Earth into and out of its orbital shadow generating terms such as
> dawn,noon and dusk is a consequence of an independent motion - rotation
> on its axis.

But don't they depend upon the sun being there - and thus the rotation is in
relation to the sun, and hence dependent?


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