User talk:Michael Daly

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[edit] Sundial

I see you have been active on the sundial page. Welcome.

I am unsure that the Vitruvius list is in the right place, as it seems to me to be a Historical footnote. I haven't moved it yet to History, as I think that so close to the head of the article would give it unnecessary prominence and there are too many unresolved issues- but theoretically it would seem to be more logical. Any thoughts?

We are missing a section on dial furniture. More fun?

I have long been planning to do a page on the mathematics of dials to complement this page where we could place svgs of geometrical construction- and provide computer code for each dial- it is time that is holding me back. Smile. ClemRutter 09:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I put in a bit of info and a reference on Ring Dials and then noticed the [edit] tags were messed up. This is due to cramming too many images in less than ideal spots. Then I realized that the images were forcing the thumb sizes, so I deleted those sizes so user preferences were used instead. I put in a break to clean up the edit tags, but that makes a space in the middle of the page.
I hadn't intended to do so much!
I know nothing about the Vitruvius list.
I still would like to put in a Butterfield section, but have other WP priorities right now. --Michael Daly 22:18, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edmund Halley

This morning I added a picture of Edmund Halley's grave to his Wikipedia article. It's the best picture of it that I have, but it doesn't show much detail. Do you happen to have a better one for the article or know where one can be found? Best wishes. -- Astrochemist (talk) 14:52, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I've seen a few photos on the web, but none that are PD that I know of. --Michael Daly (talk) 17:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks (Tachymeter)

Thank you for your fine work in improving the article "Tachymeter". Best wishes, Leonard G. (talk) 02:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


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