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konamouse

Another way the ancient greek were used to speak of a gnomon is the one reported also by Eli Maor: even in the year 1105 BC, in the far east as Maor reports, from a text named Chou-pei Suan-king it can be found written:
�The knowledge comes from the shadow,
and the shadow comes from the gnomon�
What is this gnomon referred here, and what has it to do with shadows, to the degree Eli Maor speaks of "shadow reckoning"?

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:37 pm

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konamouse

I love trying something and then it pops up and scares me that it worked.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:38 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:41 pm

Gupfee

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:44 pm

Sunny du Pree

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:50 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:53 pm

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Myssfitz

In the source at the knowledge and shadow pages I found a swf. Which I know is just the numbers that come up on the knowledge and shadow page, but...

http://www.greywethers.net/text1.swf

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:44 pm

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dashcat

Spoiler

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:30 pm

Myssfitz

The quotes are all from the Golden Rule. There are 13 of them. See the list here:

http://www.mindanao.com/kalinaw/thoughts/goldenrule.htm

I tried "thirteen" and no luck.

*Edit- It leads us to:

http://www.blavatsky.net/

**Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:50 pm

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grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

Myssfitz

Ohh, didn't see the golden mean one.

Good job dash and gupfee and grumpyboy Very Happy

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Sunny du Pree

greywethers puzzle solve

**Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2003 1:04 am

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Myssfitz

The page says: e-mail the creator's name.

His name wasn't Fibonacci. It was actually Leonardo of Pisa or Leonardo Pisano. See below.

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Caterpillar

WhooHoo Great job guys!

On Thursday morning I did a lot of reading (post on pg2) and came up with a lot of stuff on shadows/astrolabs/sundials....and even led me to the Golden Rule.

Now my question is.... I (and I'm sure others) tried shadow/thegoldenrule/goldenrule among others. I tried these on Thursday, so why wouldn't they have worked if the next page after gnomon was indeed shadow?

I'm just curious, because the leap to shadow (after reading a lot on "gnomonics" seemed logical enough to me, although I hadn't solved "gnomon". So do you think the PMs watch until we seem on the right track before they "turn it on" so to speak.

Again...great work all!

~cem

**Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2003 1:35 am

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

to get everyone up to speed...

**Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2003 1:41 am