Mark Landin wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:30:01 -0800, Shawn Burns <s1burns at ucsd.edu> wrote: > >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Chris Turkel [mailto:zizban at adelphia.net] >>>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:15 AM >>>To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> <dragaera at dragaera.info> >>>Subject: Re: Time and longitude >>> >>> >>>On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Jeff G. wrote: >>> >>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "John Oliver" <oliver at astro.ufl.edu> >>>>To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:08 AM >>>>Subject: Time and longitude >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>When the Orb has been active, citizens "know" the time >>> >>>based on the >>> >>>>>master Imperial Clock. If Dragaera is a spherical planet, >>> >>>then local >>> >>>>>time (i.e. dawn, dusk) will vary with longitude around the planet. >>>>>Thus >>>>>a more eastern location might already be in daytime at the seventh >>>>>hour of the morning (by the Orb), while a much more >>> >>>western location >>> >>>>>might still be in darkness. >>>>>My question is: "Does this show up in the books?" >>>>>-- >>>>>John Oliver >>>>>Associate Professor >>>>>Associate Chair >>>>>Department of Astronomy >>>>>University of Florida >>>>>Project AST at RHO http://astrho.astro.ufl.edu see the night sky at >>>>>http://concam.net/rh/ >>>>> >>>> >>>>Well, it's an assumption, but here goes. Drageareans are >>> >>>aware of the >>> >>>>difference in "time zones", I believe Lady Teldra mentions formula >>>>developed >>>>to ascertain the time in different locals. The Orb knows >>> >>>the location >>> >>>>of >>>>every person linked to it. I would guess that it translates >>> >>>the local >>> >>>>time >>>>for anyone that asks. So, no, it is not stated directly, >>> >>>but neither >>> >>>>is it >>>>contradicted. >>>> >>>>Jeff G. >>>> >>> >>> >>>We don't really know much about the size of the planet or the >>>continent >>>Drageara is on, except for something like its "The same general shape >>>as Europe but four times larger, of which the Empire covers about >>>half". That's big so they must have timezones figured out by now. >> >>Timezones are necessary (read: >>"convenient") when the light we get is from the sun, so that at different >>times there is light vs. no light at the extremes; but what about with the >>Overcast? Maybe it diffuses the light of the sun eough that there is little >>noticeable difference at the same time in the east and west. So the farmer >>in the west gets up at 6 on the Imperial clock and has only slightly less >>light to work with than the farmer in the east who gets up at that same >>time. > > > Farmers are a bad example. They get up when it's light enough to work > and quit when they can't see anymore, whether's that's 6:00 AM or 4:00 > AM or 13:00 midnight. > > The other serious need for accurate timekeeping is naval navigation. > Are Dragaerans serious sea-folk? The House of Orca must be I would think. -- John Oliver Associate Professor Associate Chair Department of Astronomy University of Florida Project AST at RHO http://astrho.astro.ufl.edu see the night sky at http://concam.net/rh/