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If the last sentence is true, then this infers that all places on earth,
see sunrise at winter solstice exactly 180 degrees from sunset on summer
solstice. This could be so, though I didn't know it ... it could easily
be proven/disproved by trigonometry.
 
Roger
 
 
On Mon, 26 Jun 1995, R. Todd Minsk wrote:
 
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>    : Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:49:01 -0700 (PDT)
>     : Roger Wheate <[log in to unmask]>
>        : Re: Solstice
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> I assume then, that these streets are really southeast-northwest. (Out
> here in the west, where streets are truly east-west, this phenomenon
> occurs on the equinoxes, not the solstices.) Can you enlighten us as to
> whether this design in Manhattan was deliberate and the history behind it?
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> Because the avenue grid is mostly parallel to the rivers, with streets
> intersecting at 90 degrees, and Manhattan is not directly north-south.  I'm
> guessing that on the winter solstice, the sunrise matches the street grid, too.
>
> Todd Minsk, ferro-bibliographer
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