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" A clock stopped -- not the mantel's
Geneva's farthest skill
Can't put the puppet bowing
That just now dangled still.
An awe came on the trinket!
The figures hunched with pain,
Then quivered out of decimals
Into degreeless noon.
It will not stir for doctors,
This pendulum of snow;
The shopman importunes it,
While cool, concernless No
Nods from the gilded pointers,
Nods from seconds slim,
Decades of arrogance between
The dial life and him."
- Emily Dickinson, "A Clocked Stopped"
Another slide restoration taken about a decade ago.
A nice display with the AEC coach, but the signs displayed showing the cost of the trips in Pounds, Shillings and Pence don't really work with a coach made at least 4 years after the country had gone decimal!
Created for Macro Mondays -
Four of the same or similar things
- The number 4, represented in any number system (decimal, Roman, etc.)
- The word "four" or its equivalent in any language
Measured for size requirement.
getting the decimal point in the right place :-)
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HGGT! Science Matters!
prunus mume, white japanese flowering apricot, 'Big Joe, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business
Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness
She's stacking money, money everywhere she goes
You know, pesos out of Mexico
De uno, commas and them decimals
She don't gotta give it up, she professional
She mixing up that Ace with that Hennessy
She love the way it tastes, that's her recipe
Rushing through her veins like it's ecstasy, oh no
She already made enough but she'll never leave
Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business
Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness
She works for the money, she work for the money
From the start to the finish
And she worth every dollar, she worth every dollar
And she worth every minute
She works for the money
She works for the money
She works for the money
She works for the money
She stack her money, money everywhere she goes
She got that Sake, her Yamazaki straight from Tokyo
Oh baby you know, she got them commas and them decimals
She don't gotta give it up cause she professional
Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business
Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness
She works for the money, she work for the money
From the start to the finish
And she worth every dollar, she worth every dollar
And she worth every minute
Stars in her eyes
She fights for the power, keeping time
She grinds day and night
She grinds from Monday to Friday
Works from Friday to Sunday
She gon' slay
She too smart to crave material things
She pushing herself day and night
She grinds from Monday to Friday
Works from Friday to Sunday
Oh, stars in her eyes
She fights and she sweats those sleepless nights
But she don't mind, she loves the grind
She grinds from Monday to Friday
Works from Friday to Sunday
Yeah, yeah, she gon' slang
Too smart to crave material things
Stacking her paper
Stacking her cake up
She grinds from Monday to Friday
Works from Friday to Sunday
Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business
Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness
She works for the money, she work for the money
From the start to the finish
And she worth every dollar, she worth every dollar
And she worth every minute
Oh, gonna make you feel
You always come back to me
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Ein Planimeter (hier genauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mathematisches Instrument und Analogrechner zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
Hier sichtbar ist das Fahrgestell, insbesondere das Zählwerk mit vierstelliger Anzeige: Die höchste Dezimalstelle (Tausender) wird am Zählrad rechts abgelesen, die beiden mittleren Stellen (Hunderter, Zehner) am Skalenring und die niedrigste Stelle (Einer) am Nonius.
(OTT-Planimeter, Typ 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mathematical instrument and analog computer for determining any area in maps or drawings.
Visible here is the chassis, especially the counter with a four-digit reading: The highest decimal place (thousands) is read off the counting wheel on the right, the two middle places (hundreds, tens) on the scale ring and the lowest place ( ones) on the vernier.
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria. Year of manufacture unknown)
Father, I stretch
Stretch my hands to You
Lifelike, this is what your life like, try to live your life right
People really know you, push your buttons like typewrite
This is like a movie, but it's really very lifelike
Every single night, right, every single fight, right?
I was looking at the 'Gram and I don't even like likes
I was screamin' at my dad, he told me, "It ain't Christ-like"
I was screamin' at the referee just like Mike
Lookin' for a bright light, Sigel, what your life like
Riding on a white bike, feeling like Excitebike (Stretch my hands to You)
Pressin' on the gas, supernova for a night light
Screamin' at my dad and he told me, "It ain't Christ-like"
But nobody never tell you when you're being like Christ
Only ever seein' me only when they needin' me
Like if Tyler Perry made a movie for BET
Searchin' for a deity, now you wanna see it free
Now you wanna see if we, let's just see if three apiece
Tell me what your life like, turn it down, a bright light
Drivin' with my dad, and he told me, "It ain't Christ-like" (Stretch my hands to You)
I'm just tryna find, l've been lookin' for a new way
I'm just really tryin' not to really do the fool way
I don't have a cool way, bein' on my best, though
Block 'em on the text though, nothin' else next though
Not another word, letter, picture, or a decimal (Father, I stretch)
Wrestlin' with God, I don't really want to wrestle
Man, it's really lifelike, everything in my life (Stretch my hands to You)
Arguing with my dad, and he said, "It ain't Christ-like"
Ein Planimeter (hier genauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mechanisches Messgerät zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
Hier sichtbar ist das Fahrgestell, insbesondere das Zählwerk mit vierstelliger Anzeige: Die höchste Dezimalstelle (Tausender) wird am Zählrad rechts abgelesen, die beiden mittleren Stellen (Hunderter, Zehner) am Skalenring und die niedrigste Stelle (Einer) am Nonius.
(OTT-Planimeter, Typ 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mechanical measuring device for determining any area in maps or drawings.
Visible here is the chassis, especially the counter with a four-digit reading: The highest decimal place (thousands) is read off the counting wheel on the right, the two middle places (hundreds, tens) on the scale ring and the lowest place ( ones) on the vernier
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria. Year of manufacture unknown)
Ein Planimeter (hier genauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mechanisches Messgerät zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
Hier sichtbar ist das Fahrgestell, insbesondere das Zählwerk mit vierstelliger Anzeige: Die höchste Dezimalstelle (Tausender) wird am Zählrad rechts abgelesen, die beiden mittleren Stellen (Hunderter, Zehner) am Skalenring und die niedrigste Stelle (Einer) am Nonius.
(OTT-Planimeter, Typ 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mechanical measuring device for determining any area in maps or drawings.
Visible here is the chassis, especially the counter with a four-digit reading: The highest decimal place (thousands) is read off the counting wheel on the right, the two middle places (hundreds, tens) on the scale ring and the lowest place ( ones) on the vernier
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria. Year of manufacture unknown)
Die Euler'sche Zahl (in der Regel einfach mit "e" bezeichnet, benannt nach dem Schweizer Mathematiker Leonhard Euler) ist (neben Pi) wohl die wichtigste Naturkonstante in Mathematik, Wissenschaft und Technik. Neben vielem anderem ist sie wichtig etwa bei der Beschreibung des radioaktiven Zerfalls und des natürlichen (exponentiellen) Wachstums.
Die Zahl ist transzendent und damit auch irrational, sie hat entsprechend unendlich viele Stellen. Die ersten Stellen lauten 2.718281828459. Wird 10e auf drei Nachkommastellen gerundet, ergibt sich 27.183. Hier erfolgt die Darstellung auf einer alten MAUSER-Bügelmessschraube.
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The Euler's number (usually simply designated with "e", named after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler) is (besides Pi) probably the most important natural constant in mathematics, science and technology. Among many other things, it is important, e. g., in the description of radioactive decay and natural (exponential) growth.
The number is transcendent and therefore irrational, it has an infinite number of digits. The first digits are 2.718282828459. When rounding ten times e to three significant digits, the result is accordingly 27.183. Here it is shown by means of an old MAUSER outside micrometer.
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī c. 780 – c. 850, formerly Latinized as Algoritmi,was a Persian scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography during the Abbasid Caliphate.
In the 12th century, Latin translations of his work on the Indian numerals introduced the decimal positional number system to the Western world. Al-Khwārizmī's The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic. Because he is the first to teach algebra as an independent discipline and introduced the methods of "reduction" and "balancing" (the transposition of subtracted terms to the other side of an equation, that is, the cancellation of like terms on opposite sides of the equation), he has been described as the father or founder of algebra. His work on algebra was used until the sixteenth century as the principle mathematical text-book of European universities.
He revised Ptolemy's Geography and wrote on astronomy and astrology.
Some words reflect the importance of al-Khwārizmī's contributions to mathematics. "Algebra" is derived from al-jabr, one of the two operations he used to solve quadratic equations. Algorism and algorithm stem from Algoritmi, the Latin form of his name. His name is also the origin of (Spanish) guarismo and of (Portuguese) algarismo, both meaning digit.
The name of this old boat is Tuppence, which was the name for two pennies before Britain went decimal. Holehaven creek flows into the Thames forming one of the boundaries of Canvey Island.
……We’ve a bag of pre-decimal coins of various denominations that belonged to my father - quite why he kept them isn’t known, perhaps he thought they’d be worth something in the future?! I do remember him always checking the dates and saving specific ones. The Chest isn’t old but fitted the ‘Treasured’ theme perfectly I thought - you may be interested to know that in total here was just £3, 16 shillings and 6 pence so basically not a Treasure trove but it’s still ‘Treasured’ by me. HMM …… Alan:-) btw a Shilling is 23.6mm in diameter so less than 1 inch - it became a 5p piece post decimalisation………
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 100 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
©Alan Foster.
©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……
Macro Mondays ~ Five
In 1971 the Uk moved from the currency of £sd (pounds, shillings and pence) to decimal coinage. These coins are sixpences.
Thank you to everyone who pauses long enough to look at my photo. All comments and Faves are very much appreciated
Pi is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. Its value to two decimal places is 3.14. That is, in the USA, the abbreviation for the 13th day of March on the calendar.. Mathematicians have started celebrating that day as Pi Day. You are encouraged to eat Pie on Pi Day.
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Taken with a Meopta Belar 75mm f4.5 enlarger lens (wide open) and 70mm extension tube.
Facts:
Overview:
Lost bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FL 704 in West Palm Beach
Location:
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status:
Replaced by a new bridge
History:
Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005
Design:
Bascule
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 1,237.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called:
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude:
+26.70602, -80.04645 (decimal degrees)
26°42'22" N, 80°02'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates:
17/594853/2954229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palm Beach
Inventory numbers:
FDOT 930505 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
FDOT 930022 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection: (as of 04/1998)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic: (as of 1996)
11,000
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
bridgehunter.com/fl/palm-beach/930505/</Palm_Beach,_Florida</a
La Tour Rhénane est un point marquant du panorama düsseldorfois. Elle se dresse au bord de la partie sud de la ville, située à l'entrée du port des médias, à côté du parlement de Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie et de l'immeuble de la radio Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
La Tour Rhénane (construite de 1979 à 1982 par l'architecte H. Deilmann) mesure 240,5 mètres de haut et comprend un restaurant à la hauteur de 172,5 mètres et met une heure pour faire un tour complet sur son axe (pour des raisons techniques, la plate-forme tourne de 13 h à 16:30 h dans un sens, et de 18:00 h à 24 h, dans l'autre sens. Le reste du temps, la plateforme ne tourne pas).
Au dessous se trouvent un self-service et une plate-forme panoramique offrant une vue sur Düsseldorf à vous couper le souffle : le port des médias, la Vielle Ville, le parc Hofgarten, la Königsallee et le Rhin et ses nombreux ponts, tous situés au pied de la tour. Par beau temps, on voit la région du Bergisches Land et Cologne.
La Tour Rhénane possède une fonction unique au monde : 39 de ses 62 hublots lumineux, séparés par des lampes de sécurité aérienne, forme une horloge décimale de trois étages sur le fût de 160 m de hauteur de la tour.
Les 62 hublots sont équipés de douze LEDs, eux-mêmes composés de groupes de LEDs rouge, vert et bleu. La variation de l'intensité des LEDs génère des variations de couleurs.
Si vous voulez voir des photos du dessus de la tour, cliquez ci-dessous
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
The Rhenish Tower is a highlight of the Düsseldorf panorama. It stands on the edge of the southern part of the city, located at the entrance to the media harbour, next to the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Westdeutscher Rundfunk radio building.
The Rhenish Tower (built from 1979 to 1982 by the architect H. Deilmann) is 240.5 meters high and includes a restaurant at the height of 172.5 meters and takes one hour to make a complete turn on its axis (for technical reasons, the platform runs from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in one direction, and from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the other direction. The rest of the time, the platform does not turn).
Below is a self-service and a viewing platform offering a breathtaking view of Düsseldorf: the media harbour, the Old Town, the Hofgarten park, the Königsallee and the Rhine and its many bridges, all located at the foot of the tower. In good weather you can see the Bergisches Land region and Cologne.
The Rhenish Tower has a unique function in the world: 39 of its 62 lighted portholes, separated by air safety lamps, form a three-storey decimal clock on the 160 m high shaft of the tower.
The 62 portholes are equipped with twelve LEDs, themselves made up of groups of red, green and blue LEDs. The variation of the intensity of the LEDs generates color variations.
If you want to see pictures from the top of the tower, click below
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
Divide A by B, then take that number and move the decimal place two spaces to the right (in a mirror).
- Tromsø, Norway -
... there’s probably one in here. 68, High Street, Hastings.
6’8d - six shillings and eightpence - was a third of the old pre decimal British pound. Twelve pennies in a shilling. Twenty shillings in a pound. It was all rather complicated but there were certain tricks to make multiplication and addition easier, which I’ve now forgotten. If we were to go back to that system, and nothing would surprise me now, a lot of people would have difficulty with it - there would have to be an app.
I remember 6’8d once being the price of a “single” vinyl record.
March 14th ... embrace the circle and Pi :)
Had some fun with some light, straws and various depth's of field.
Pi ... that ratio that claims to never have an end to the all the decimal points. Driving mathematicians crazy for hundreds of years, yet nature uses that ratio all the time with no care or problems.
The problem is simple to solve. We of course have been trying to solve it with using numerical systems based decimal, binary ... etc.
They just need to use a number system based on Pi itself. Pi'nary number system. Then it is simple, and calculates out to no pinary 'decimals'.
If someone then asks ... well then how many fingers do you have in the Pinary System ... and you tell the 2 Pi of course ... your hands can easily hold two pies :)
Hope this gives you some food ... I mean dessert ... for thought today.
March 14th ... embrace the circle and Pi :)
Had some fun with some light, straws and various depth's of field. Could also be some red blood cells under the microscope.
Pi ... that ratio that claims to never have an end to the all the decimal points. Driving mathematicians crazy for hundreds of years, yet nature uses that ratio all the time with no care or problems.
The problem is simple to solve. We of course have been trying to solve it with using numerical systems based decimal, binary ... etc.
They just need to use a number system based on Pi itself. Pi'nary number system. Then it is simple, and calculates out to no pinary 'decimals'.
If someone then asks ... well then how many fingers do you have in the Pinary System ... and you tell the 2 Pi of course ... your hands can easily hold two pies :)
Hope this gives you some food ... I mean dessert ... for thought today.
Salt on a Coin.
•The Latin word salarium (sal) Salary or 'salt money'. The sum paid to soldiers for salt.
•25 cent, worth a quarter of decimal Dutch Guilder.
Zout op een geldstuk.
•De Latijnse benaming van zout (sal). Salaris of 'zoutvoorraad of zoutrantsoen'. Romeinse soldaten kregen uitbetaald in zout.
•25 cent, kwartje of heitje. Een waarde van een kwart Nederlandse Gulden.
When time resets, we all become zero.
Decimals apart, take us back to the start.
Tear down the walls, that were built to divide.
Can you feel that fire growing?
We're standing on the edge of the event horizon,
Moments before the Earth starts to flatline.
Wow, what a challenge! I just conquered a fast-moving stream by rock-hopping – talk about an adrenaline rush! Luckily, the rope helped keep everyone balanced.
After pushing through those trees, I finally emerged onto a stunning black rock beach at Lake Nordenskjöld. The water was glacial and crystal-clear, but swimming is a no-go in the park. Still, it was breathtaking – and there were even some brave souls sunbathing on the rocks!
Feeling energized, I checked my altimeter – 70 meters (230 feet) above sea level! My destination for the night, Mountain Hostel Francés, sits another 50 meters (164 feet) higher at 120 meters (394 feet). Relief washed over me – those 17 kilometers (10,56 miles) seemed much shorter now!
While hiking on the beach, I thought I was about to score some delicious Pisco Sours – I was practically celebrating already! But then I checked my map, and my heart sank. It showed a crazy distance – 3,200 kilometers (1,988 miles) or 1.5 hours left! Yikes! Thankfully, it was just a misplaced decimal point, not the end of my happy hour dreams. Phew! Back on the trail, and definitely keeping a closer eye on that map from now on! ️
Now, here I am at the base of the incredible Cuernos del Paine with the even grander Paine Grande in the distance – the park's highest peak! Between them lies the majestic Francés Valley, my reward for conquering tomorrow's hike on day three of the W Trail. My hostel is nestled between these two giants, right on another beach.
Time to ditch the complaining and embrace the adventure – climbs, descents, and epic scenery await! Here's to unplugging and soaking it all in.
En la fachada delantera del piso superior del patio de armas se conserva una torre de vigilancia cuadrada, totalmente remodelada. Es un lejano testigo del faro o atalaya de vigilancia, el precedente más antiguo del Castillo actual. En las dos fachadas de la torre se instalaron, en 1777, dos relojes de sol, acompañados por una inscripción. Un rótulo en la base identifica el lugar desde donde, entre los años 1792 y 1793, el astrónomo francés Pierre Méchain obtuvo las coordenadas geográficas de Barcelona y estableció el punto geodésico que serviría para medir el arco meridiano de Dunkerque. Las dimensiones de este arco que unía Barcelona, París y Dunkerque utilizarían como base del sistema métrico decimal.
La localización privilegiada que ofrecía la montaña de Montjuïc, al tratarse de una colina en primera línea litoral, se aprovechó para colocar un farell o atalaya de vigilancia. La mención más antigua que se conoce de la torre de vigilancia data del año 1073, en la que se explica que durante el día el vigía avisaba de la presencia de naves hostiles con señales de vela, y de noche con señales de fuego . A nivel de estructura, la torre se transformó a base de sucesivas obras de remodelación entre los siglos XIV y XVII.
No será hasta 1848 cuando volverá a desarrollar funciones de torre de comunicaciones, con la instalación de un sistema de telegrafía óptica militar, a través de postes verticales y travesaños que aún se conservan y que enviaban señales al resto de fortines militares de la ciudad, como los de Astilleros, Ciutadella o Capitanía General.
If we burned calories like a hummingbird, that's how many calories we'd need each day, according to the LA Times. They consume about 66 to 120 calories a day (some sites say about 100 times as much, but they misplaced the decimal point). Fortunately hummingbirds weigh less than an ounce! I think they can be forgiven for trying to save energy by not hovering at each blossom.
La Tour Rhénane est un point marquant du panorama düsseldorfois. Elle se dresse au bord de la partie sud de la ville, située à l'entrée du port des médias, à côté du parlement de Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie et de l'immeuble de la radio Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
La Tour Rhénane (construite de 1979 à 1982 par l'architecte H. Deilmann) mesure 240,5 mètres de haut et comprend un restaurant à la hauteur de 172,5 mètres et met une heure pour faire un tour complet sur son axe (pour des raisons techniques, la plate-forme tourne de 13 h à 16:30 h dans un sens, et de 18:00 h à 24 h, dans l'autre sens. Le reste du temps, la plateforme ne tourne pas).
Au dessous se trouvent un self-service et une plate-forme panoramique offrant une vue sur Düsseldorf à vous couper le souffle : le port des médias, la Vielle Ville, le parc Hofgarten, la Königsallee et le Rhin et ses nombreux ponts, tous situés au pied de la tour. Par beau temps, on voit la région du Bergisches Land et Cologne.
La Tour Rhénane possède une fonction unique au monde : 39 de ses 62 hublots lumineux, séparés par des lampes de sécurité aérienne, forme une horloge décimale de trois étages sur le fût de 160 m de hauteur de la tour.
Les 62 hublots sont équipés de douze LEDs, eux-mêmes composés de groupes de LEDs rouge, vert et bleu. La variation de l'intensité des LEDs génère des variations de couleurs.
Si vous voulez voir des photos du dessus de la tour, cliquez ci-dessous
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
The Rhenish Tower is a highlight of the Düsseldorf panorama. It stands on the edge of the southern part of the city, located at the entrance to the media harbour, next to the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Westdeutscher Rundfunk radio building.
The Rhenish Tower (built from 1979 to 1982 by the architect H. Deilmann) is 240.5 meters high and includes a restaurant at the height of 172.5 meters and takes one hour to make a complete turn on its axis (for technical reasons, the platform runs from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in one direction, and from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the other direction. The rest of the time, the platform does not turn).
Below is a self-service and a viewing platform offering a breathtaking view of Düsseldorf: the media harbour, the Old Town, the Hofgarten park, the Königsallee and the Rhine and its many bridges, all located at the foot of the tower. In good weather you can see the Bergisches Land region and Cologne.
The Rhenish Tower has a unique function in the world: 39 of its 62 lighted portholes, separated by air safety lamps, form a three-storey decimal clock on the 160 m high shaft of the tower.
The 62 portholes are equipped with twelve LEDs, themselves made up of groups of red, green and blue LEDs. The variation of the intensity of the LEDs generates color variations.
If you want to see pictures from the top of the tower, click below
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π.
It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of the Exploratorium. Celebrations often involve eating pie or holding pi recitation competitions. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day. UNESCO's 40th General Conference designated Pi Day as the International Day of Mathematics in November 2019.
The number π is a mathematical constant. It is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and it also has various equivalent definitions. It appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics and the earliest known use of the Greek letter π to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was by Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, and is spelled out as "pi". It is also referred to as Archimedes' constant
Being an irrational number, π cannot be expressed as a common fraction, although fractions such as 22/7 are commonly used to approximate it. Equivalently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanently repeating pattern. Its decimal (or other base) digits appear to be randomly distributed, and are conjectured to satisfy a specific kind of statistical randomness.
It is known that π is a transcendental number: it is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients. The transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge.
Ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians and Babylonians, required fairly accurate approximations of π for practical computations. Around 250 BC, the Greek mathematician Archimedes created an algorithm to approximate π with arbitrary accuracy. In the 5th century AD, Chinese mathematics approximated π to seven digits, while Indian mathematics made a five-digit approximation, both using geometrical techniques. The first exact formula for π, based on infinite series, was discovered a millennium later, when in the 14th century the Madhava–Leibniz series was discovered in Indian mathematics.
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Il 14 marzo (o 3,14) è il giorno del Pi greco: una festa per chi ama la matematica
Il simbolo che conosciamo fu usato per la prima volta circa 250 anni fa, dal matematico gallese William Jones nel trattato A New Introduction to Mathematics (1706). π è l'iniziale dei termini greci περιφέρεια, "periferia", e περίμετρος, "perimetro", con riferimento alla circonferenza; ma anche del filosofo e matematico Pitagora. Prima di allora per riferirsi alla costante si ricorreva a complesse perifrasi come: "la quantità che quando si moltiplica per il diametro, dà la circonferenza".
IL CALCOLO DEI SUOI DECIMALI HA FATTO IMPAZZIRE INTERE GENERAZIONI. π è irrazionale, cioè non esprimibile come una frazione di due numeri interi: le 100 cifre riportate qui sopra sono insomma uno sforzo contenuto, rispetto a un numero che procede in apparenza all'infinito. Il record attuale di decimali verificati è di 22.459.157.718.361, frutto del lavoro di un centinaio di giorni di un supercomputer svizzero.
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Su construcción se realizó bajo el reinado de Carlos III quién promulgó un Real Decreto en el que obligaba a los arzobispos de la diócesis de Granada a remitir informe, diseño y justificación de las obras de arquitectura, escultura o retablos a realizar en los templos de su diócesis, para que visto por su Consejo Cámara se determinara su aprobación o denegación. Por ello, todos los proyectos de templos nuevos fueron realizados por arquitectos de la Academia como fue el caso de Ventura Rodríguez y sus colaboradores.
El inicio fue el 11 de noviembre de 1786 y se dió por terminada, en lo fundamental, el 12 de agosto de 1802, inaugurándose el 2 de noviembre del mismo año. Su coste fue de 2.300.000 reales de vellón que fueron tomados de la Cuarta Decimal con la obligación de devolverlos con los fondos de la Fábrica Mayor de la iglesia de Montefrío.
Su forma está dominada por un círculo perfecto, al cual se adosa, a modo de cabecera, un pequeño rectángulo que acoge la Capilla Mayor y a sus lados dos pequeñas habitaciones como sacristía y ascesoria, con la torre sobresaliendo detrás de la Capilla. En el lado opuesto se articula otro rectángulo para la portada y dos pequeños cuadrados con escalera para subir al coro.
En todo el edificio se impone la rigurosidad tectónica, la claridad espacial y la esterotomía de la piedra, que hicieron exclamar a sus contemporáneos que su estructura les parecía más adecuada para horno que para iglesia.
El precedente de esta iglesia se encuentra en Roma en el panteón de Agripa-Adriano.
Fuente :http://www.montefrio.org/paginas/encarnacion.htm
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Originally known simply as the Clock Tower, it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The clock is a striking clock with five bells.
The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin in a Perpendicular Gothic Revival style and was completed in 1859. It is elaborately decorated with stone carvings and features symbols related to the four nations of the United Kingdom and the Anglo-Welsh Tudor dynasty. A Latin inscription celebrates Queen Victoria, in whose reign the palace was built. The tower stands 316 feet (96 m) tall, and the climb from ground level to the belfry is 334 steps. Its base is square, measuring 40 feet (12 m) on each side. The dials of the clock are 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter.
The clock uses its original mechanism and was the largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock in the world upon its completion. It was designed by Edmund Beckett Denison and George Airy, the Astronomer Royal, and constructed by Edward John Dent and Frederick Dent. It is known for its reliability, and can be adjusted by adding or removing pre-decimal pennies from the pendulum. The Great Bell was cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and weighs 13.5 long tons (13.7 tonnes; 15.1 short tons). Its nickname may be derived from Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation, or heavyweight boxing champion Benjamin Caunt. There are four quarter bells, which chime on the quarter hours.
The clock tower has been part of a Grade I listed building since 1970 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The clock and tower were renovated between 2017 and 2021, during which the bells remained silent with few exceptions.
March 14th ... embrace the circle and Pi :)
Had some fun with some light, straws and various depth's of field. Here is the last of my takes for Pi Day with them.
Pi ... that ratio that claims to never have an end to the all the decimal points. Driving mathematicians crazy for hundreds of years, yet nature uses that ratio all the time with no care or problems.
The problem is simple to solve. We of course have been trying to solve it with using numerical systems based decimal, binary ... etc.
They just need to use a number system based on Pi itself. Pi'nary number system. Then it is simple, and calculates out to no pinary 'decimals'.
If someone then asks ... well then how many fingers do you have in the Pinary System ... and you tell the 2 Pi of course ... your hands can easily hold two pies :)
Hope this gives you some food ... I mean dessert ... for thought today.
Деревянная Воскресенская церковь постройки первой половины XVII века.
В посёлке Важины это единственная из сохранившихся на Русском Севере построек с десятериковым срубом. Она построена в 1630 году на месте сгоревшей в конце XVI века. Колокольня церкви представляет собой восьмигранный сруб, поставленный на четырёхгранный. На остатках иконостаса начала XVII века есть надпись о том, что церковь заложена «лета 7136 сентября 26 дня».
Wooden Resurrection Church built in the first half of the XVII century.
In the village of Vazhiny, this is the only building with a decimal log house in the Russian North. It was built in 1630 on the site of a burned out at the end of the XVI century. The bell tower of the church is an octagonal log house, set on a tetrahedral. On the remains of the iconostasis of the beginning of the XVII century there is an inscription that the church was founded on the “summer of 7136 September 26 days.”
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El Sombrerero
El Sombrerero es un personaje de la novela Las aventuras de Alicia en el país de las maravillas, del escritor inglés Lewis Carroll. Este personaje también se conoce como el Sombrerero Loco, aunque en la obra de Carroll nunca se le llama así. La confusión probablemente proviene del hecho de que el Gato de Cheshire le advierte a Alicia que el Sombrerero está loco, lo cual se confirma por la conducta excéntrica del Sombrerero. Además, el capítulo donde aparece el Sombrerero se titula "Una merienda de locos". El Sombrerero aparece nuevamente en la secuela de la obra, llamada A través del espejo y lo que Alicia encontró allí, con el nombre Hatta, uno de los mensajeros del Rey Blanco.
En el programa televisivo Aunque usted no lo crea de Ripley (Believe it or not), de la década de 1980, se hace referencia al personaje del Sombrerero, y se explica que, en la época de Carroll, los sombreros se fabricaban empleando mercurio. Al hacerlo en espacios cerrados, con frecuencia inhalaban los vapores de este metal, lo que provocaba trastornos a la salud (envenenamiento por mercurio) que fácilmente podrían describirse como locura.
La fabricación de sombreros era el principal comercio en Stockport, un pueblo cerca de donde creció Carroll, y no era raro ver a los sombrereros parecer perturbados o confundidos. Sin embargo, el Sombrerero no exhibe los síntomas típicos de envenenamiento por mercurio, que incluyen "timidez excesiva, pérdida de confianza en sí mismo, ansiedad y deseo de permanecer inadvertido."
En las ilustraciones se muestra una tarjeta en el sombrero que dice "10/6". Es el precio del sombrero que era diez chelínes y seis peniques. En sistema decimal, equivale a 52½ libras.
Versión de Tim Burton
Interpretado por Johnny Depp en la película 'Alicia en el país de las maravillas' (2010) de Tim Burton difiere de la versión original del cuento en muchos aspectos. Su nombre real es Tarrant Hightopp, perteneciente al clan Hightopp dedicado a la fabricación de sombreros. Es un hombre muy dulce y alegre que gusta de las fiestas de té. Expresa abiertamente sus emociones. Sus cambiantes estados de ánimo también son literalmente reflejados en sus ojos que varían de color según lo que siente. Incluso las coloridas manchas de su rostro ennegrecen cuando está enfadado. Ha estado esperando ansiosamente el regreso de Alicia, y, según palabras de Alicia, es su más querido y verdadero amigo. Él que cree en ella cuando nadie más lo hace y viceversa. Es intrépido, valiente, noble y leal, capaz de hacer lo imposible por proteger a Alicia aún a riesgo propio. Es habilidoso espadachín e incluso utiliza sus utensilios de costura como armas en la pelea. El Sombrerero Loco antes era el orgulloso fabricante de sombreros de la Reina Blanca, pero el mercurio utilizado en la fabricación de sombreros acabó por envenenarlo, y ahora no está del todo en sus cabales. Esto queda en evidencia en medio de una conversación, donde tiende a perder el hilo de sus ideas y a divagar sin control hasta que alguien le llame la atención. Su locura pasa a convertirse en una especie de doble personalidad que puede tornarse peligrosa si esta entra en ira y, al mismo tiempo, su acento cambia y empieza a hablar en idioma "outlandish". En la secuela llamada Alicia a través del espejo (2016), el sombrerero loco recuerda a su familia, así que decide pedirle ayuda a Alicia (Mia Wasikowska) para ver si ella puede decirle o hacer algo para encontrar a su familia.
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The Hatter
The Hatter is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He is very often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term was never used by Carroll. The phrase "mad as a hatter" pre-dates Carroll's works. The Hatter and the March Hare are referred to as "both mad" by the Cheshire Cat, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in the sixth chapter titled "Pig and Pepper".
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The March Hare and the Hatter put the Dormouse's head in a teapot, by Sir John Tenniel.
The Hatter character, alongside all the other fictional beings, first appears in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In it, the Hatter explains to Alice that he and the March Hare are always having tea because when he tried to sing for the foul-tempered Queen of Hearts, she sentenced him to death for "murdering the time", but he escapes decapitation. In retaliation, Time (referred to as "he" by the Hatter) halts himself in respect to the Hatter, keeping him stuck at 6:00 pm (or 18:00) forever.
When Alice arrives at the tea party, the Hatter is characterised by switching places on the table at any given time, making short, personal remarks, asking unanswerable riddles and reciting nonsensical poetry, all of which eventually drives Alice away. The Hatter appears again as a witness at the Knave of Hearts' trial, where the Queen appears to recognise him as the singer she sentenced to death, and the King of Hearts also cautions him not to be nervous or he will have him "executed on the spot".
Through the Looking-Glass
The character also appears briefly in Carroll's 1871 Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, under the name "Hatta" – alongside the March Hare under the name "Haigha", which is pronounced "hare". Sir John Tenniel's illustration depicts Hatta as sipping from a teacup as he did in the original novel. Alice does not comment on whether Hatta is the Hatter of her earlier dream.
Macro Mondays:Just White Paper
A UK pre-decimal Half Penny or "ha'penny" embossed into a sheet of Printer Paper.
Many thanks for the Favs and the Comments HMM - Happy Macro Monday :-)
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Because π is irrational, it has an infinite number of digits in its decimal representation, and it does not settle into an infinitely repeating pattern of digits. There are several proofs that π is irrational; they generally require calculus and rely on the reductio ad absurdum technique.
This store has been home to many different things over the years. I think the last owners ran it as a pizza pie restaurant. Now closed and for sale again.
Central Avenue, Albuquerque.
Well, this money can't buy anything nowadays. Australia introduced decimal currency in 1966, and with it these round 50 cent coins. They were phased out three years later and replaced by dodecagonal (what a word!) 50 cent coins so they couldn't be confused with the 20 cent coins.
For Flickr Friday's theme of "Made No More".
Conwy Castle
DMS
Decimal 53° 16′ 48″ N, 3° 49′ 32″ W
53.28, -3.825556
Conwy Castle (Welsh: Castell Conwy, English: Conway Castle) is a medieval fortification in Conwy, on the north coast of Wales. It was built by Edward I, during his conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1289. Constructed as part of a wider project to create the walled town of Conwy, the combined defences cost around £15,000, a huge sum for the period. Over the next few centuries, the castle played an important part in several wars. It withstood the siege of Madog ap Llywelyn in the winter of 1294–95, acted as a temporary haven for Richard II in 1399 and was held for several months by forces loyal to Owain Glyndŵr in 1401.
Following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the castle was held by forces loyal to Charles I, holding out until 1646 when it surrendered to the Parliamentary armies. In the aftermath the castle was partially slighted by Parliament to prevent it being used in any further revolt, and was finally completely ruined in 1665 when its remaining iron and lead was stripped and sold off. Conwy Castle became an attractive destination for painters in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Visitor numbers grew and initial restoration work was carried out in the second half of the 19th century. In the 21st century the ruined castle is managed by Cadw as a tourist attraction.
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The Totem Pole is a pillar or rock spire found in Monument Valley. It is a highly eroded remnant of a butte.
Deserts at the end of the Permian period, 260 million years ago, formed the De Chelly and Wingate Sandstones that make up the buttes, totems, and mesas in Monument Valley.
The Totem Pole rises next to a gathering of thicker spires the Navajo called Yei Bi Chei and can be seen via a self-guided Valley Drive.
The Totem Pole was first climbed June 11–13, 1957 by Bill Feuerer, Jerry Gallwas, Mark Powell and Don Wilson. The first ascent route is rated 5.10 YDS A2 in the Yosemite Decimal System. A second route called "Never Never Land" was climbed in 1979.
Parts of the 1975 thriller film The Eiger Sanction (U.S. director Clint Eastwood) were filmed at Totem Pole. According to author Ron Hogan, "[i]n addition to directing and starring in The Eiger Sanction, Clint Eastwood did all his own stunts during the mountain-climbing sequences." Hogan further adds that, Eastwood and his film crew "were the last people to climb Monument Valley's Totem Pole; in order to gain permission for the shoot, they had to agree to clear the mountainside of all the pitons from previous climbing expeditions".
France, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, département du Rhône, Monts du Lyonnais, Col de Malval
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Une myriade (mot d'origine grecque) signifie dans le système décimal dix à la puissance quatre, soit dix mille (10 000).
Le grec moderne utilise couramment ce numéral. Un million en langue grecque se dit même εκατομμύριο (ekatommyrio), cent myriades.
Beaucoup de cultures asiatiques comptent traditionnellement en myriades. Par exemple, les chinois utilisent le caractère 萬 (ou 万 en chinois simplifié) pour signifier « dix mille » depuis des millénaires. Les coréens ainsi que les japonais ont aussi emprunté ce caractère dans leurs langues.
RGB (red, green, and blue) refers to a system for representing the colors to be used on a computer display. Red, green, and blue can be combined in various proportions to obtain any color in the visible spectrum. Levels of R, G, and B can each range from 0 to 100 percent of full intensity. Each level is represented by the range of decimal numbers from 0 to 255 (256 levels for each color), equivalent to the range of binary numbers from 00000000 to 11111111, or hexadecimal 00 to FF. The total number of available colors is 256 x 256 x 256, or 16,777,216 possible colors.
A pre-decimal British half-penny. Depicting Sir Francis Drake's vessel the "Golden Hind". There were 480 of these to One Old Pound!
Macro Mondays - DOTS
It may not look like the biggest dot in the world and in truth, it is quite tiny. It does have power disproportionate to its size.
This dot is sometimes a period which is hugely important in the field of written communication. But that is dwarfed by its importance when it becomes a decimal point. Its use in mathematics has driven science and in recent years has made it possible to measure and express distances in outer space.
Consider that 1 light year is equal to about 6 trillion miles and the nearest star to earth is over 4 light years away , expressed without using a decimal point would be 24 followed by 12 zeroes. Yes, we have concocted other terms to express large numbers, but as I understand it they are not things easily used by the super computers that do much of the legwork in astrophysics.