27-11-2016, 04:19 PM
I've looked at the Wiesenbach paper, and it says the pipes indeed stand for the 24 hours. The explanation given by René in the other thread is correct. The paper doesn't give any explanation as for why the pipes alternate in length. Maybe just to make them easier to count?
One interesting detail: The star revolving around the pole that was used to calculate the time was actually today's Pole Star (Polaris), which in the early middle ages was less close to the pole due to precession. The star used as pole star was probably the faint star 32 H Camelopardalis.
One interesting detail: The star revolving around the pole that was used to calculate the time was actually today's Pole Star (Polaris), which in the early middle ages was less close to the pole due to precession. The star used as pole star was probably the faint star 32 H Camelopardalis.
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