Re: VMs: Re: Marci/Kircher letter 1640

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Gabriel wrote:

> What is this "heliotropo"?

See here:

http://www.stanford.edu/~mgorman/

It's essentially a clock based on the sun-following
property of the sunflower. Kircher thought that
sunflower seeds should also have this property,
and thought that one should be able to make a 
clock driven by sunflower seeds.

> It is not very clear, was Baresch asking about it?

I am also not exactly sure whether Kircher is 
asking Marci and/or Baresch about it, or the 
other way around.

Cheers, Rene

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