Re: Lalande's Analemmas
Roger It is exactly my feeling. Looking for sundials (hunting sundials) has lead me to discover places where, otherwise, I should have never gone or even suspected. Farms lost at the very end of small paths, or ,like you, splendid castles or old manors hidden from the usual tourists, with often a quite new sight on the landscape; little gardens or lovely sunny courtyards in the middle of a big town . But moreover it gave me also the opportunity to meet (generally) friendly and greeting people, who often did not suspect sundials were so interesting, and, from that, ready to chat for a while. This is a social aspect of gnomonics I really like. Next week we have our spring meeting of the Commission des Cadrans Solaires in Paris. And some people dealing with dials restoration could be interested in restoring the dial you mention. So could you, please, send me the references of that dial (the Catalogue des Cadrans Solaires is really big !). Come back to France, and next time go west ! Jean-Paul Cornec 48° 44' 20 N 03° 27' 32 W
Re: analemmic vs. analemmatic
Hi John. In the BSS Glossary, I have defined an analemmic dial either as the one you describe, with analemmas on the hour lines, or as the type of dial which uses a gnomon with an analemma (or half-analemma) shape incorporated. This seems to fit with modern usage, and is a working definition unless anyone can authoritatively point me at a better one. I think the definition of an analemmatic dial is non-controversial. Regards, John --- Dr J R Davis Flowton, UK 52.08N, 1.043E email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John Carmichael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: 09 May 2000 15:26 Subject: analemmic vs. analemmatic Hello all: I need to know the proper classification of the Swenson dial or a similar dial by Father Ildephonse at the convent of Cimiez-sur-Nice (picture on plate 19 of Rohr). These dials have the analemma for each hour only. Would these be called hourly analemmic sundials (not to be confused with analemmatic sundials)? I've noticed that some people simply call this type of dial Standard Time sundials, but this seems to be too general. Thanks, John Carmichael Tucson Arizona
