Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, It would seem that this John Pitcairn was a descendant of Midshipman Robert Pitcairn (his father was John too ....... British Naval Officer), who first sighted the island, south-west of Tahiti in 1767. Wheels within wheels! Bruce. On 18-mrt-2009, at 14:27, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Hello Jim, > > Yes, same family. Harold Pitcairn, the youngest son of John > Pitcairn who funded the Cathedral, developed the Pitcairn Mailwing > and the autogiro and later founded Pitcairn Aviation which became > Eastern Airlines. Their home, Cairnwood, a magnificent stone and > marble mansion, was turned into the museum I mentioned. > > The whole family seems to be very prominent. The father, John, who > funded the cathedral, founded the Pittsburg Glass Company, the > first company to successfully make plate glass. They were also the > largest manufacturer of paint in the country. That division of the > company is now know as Pittsburg Paint. > > Len > > > > On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Len, >> >> Is that the same Pitcairn family that developed the Mailwing >> biplane and the Pitcairn autogiro? >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier" >> <len-001 at verizon.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Latin or Greek >> >> >>> Hello Howard. Thanks for the lesson. >>> >>> Yes this is a Swedenborgian church. I'm surprised you are >>> familiar with the writings. In the US there are only about 5000 >>> members of "The New Church". The main church in the US is here >>> in Bryn Athyn, PA. I am not a member but live only two miles or >>> so from the Cathedral. >>> >>> As part of the church is the grammar, high school and college on >>> the same property. There is also a museum on the property which >>> was the home of the Pitcairn family who funded the building of >>> the cathedral. >>> >>> Thanks for looking and for the lesson. >>> Len >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: >>> >>>> The Latin phrase just above the door is a quotation from >>>> Swedenborg: "That one may now enter intellectually into the >>>> mysteries of faith", or "So you may now enter with your >>>> intellect into the mystery of faith", or some similar >>>> colloquial translation. More literally, word by word, "Now >>>> [nunc, adverb] let one be permitted [licet, third person >>>> singular present tense subjunctive, a root of the English word >>>> license] intellectually [intellectualiter, adverb] to enter >>>> [intrare, infinitive] into [in] the mysteries [arcana, plural, >>>> cognate of English arcane and arcana] of faith [fidei, singular >>>> genitive case third declension noun]. >>>> >>>> I hope you're taking notes. Test at the end of the chapter. >>>> >>>> Is this a Swedenborgian church? >>>> >>>> My Greek isn't so good, though. Nonexistent. >>>> >>>> --howard >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think a mixture of both. >>>>> >>>>> Intricate work above a Catherdal door. >>>>> >>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/TMax400/ >>>>> Cathedral_Door.jpg.html> >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/d8o8lg >>>>> >>>>> View large to see inscription. >>>>> >>>>> Nikon FA in program mode >>>>> AIS 28mm f2.0 Nikkor >>>>> >>>>> Tmax400 in Xtol 1:1 >>>>> >>>>> Comments welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Len >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information