Re: Duixons sundial

[Conxita Bou Vilalta]

Hello, Frans, John and all!
This beautiful sundial is no more in Alpicat. Two or three years ago, it has
been transferred to Lleida. Below is the entry in our Register.
The author is J.M. Cots Masana.
The present address is: Camps Elisis, barri de Cappont, in Lleida,
Catalonia, Spain.

Cordially,
Conxita Bou



INVENTARI de RELLOTGES de SOL dels PAÏSOS CATALANS
 [image: Highslide JS] 
© J.M. CotsReferència: 2881Adreça:Camps Elisis, al barri de Cappont (havia
estat a les Bases de l’Alpicat )Municipi: LleidaComarca: SegriàAutor: Cots
Masana, J.M.Data: 1963Tipus: Equatorial helicoïdalMaterial: Pedra artificial
armada
Descripció: Rellotge equatorial helicoïdal, xifres aràbigues metàl·liques.
Molt ben conservat.
 Lema:Bibliografia:Notes: Revisió 10/2007


2009/5/14 Frans W. Maes 

> Hi Chiu, John & all,
>
> The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
> gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene.
> Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.
>
> The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the caption,
> it was designed by J. Masuet and installed in Alpicat (prov. Lérida), Spain,
> in 1974.
>
> Best regards,
> Frans Maes
>
>
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International Sundial Trail Competition

[Patrick Powers]

Why not put together a sundial trail in an area of interest known to you?

In order to increase interest in sundials generally, The "British Sundial
Society" and "Sundials on the Internet"  have come together jointly to
promote a prize for the best  sundial trail to be developed in 2009.  

This competition is open to all but the closing date is 31st January 2010,
and two prizes, of £250 and £100 are offered for the best entries
submitted.  Full details of the rules and regulations etc are to be found
at http://www.sundials.co.uk/competition2009.htm and these will shortly
also be placed on the BSS website.

Have your camera with you this summer and let us have details of your
trails...

Patrick Powers & Piers Nicholson
For and on behalf of BSS & Internetworks Ltd, who are the webmasters of
www.sundials.co.uk




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Re: Shropshire Sundials And Google Earth

[Richard Mallett]

Th. Taudin Chabot wrote:
> Richard,
>
> We have been thinking in the Netherlands of doing the same. But
> Google is too good! Many owners fear even the publishing of an address 
> as a kind of invitation for people who would like to 'borrow' their 
> sundial from the garden.
> For that reason we don't make the register available to the /general 
> /public.
> If you can find the sundial using Google Earth you can even identify 
> whether you should take the route to the backgarden, where the sundial 
> is located, from the front or from the back of the house.
> If there would be a possibility to limit the zoom-in function a 
> publishing through Google Earth could be considdered. (like Google 
> Earth is somtimes doing with military objects)
>
> Thibaud Taudin Chabot ( I maintain the Dutch sundial database)
>
In my project for the BSS website (currently password protected while it 
is under development) I have now set a limit for how far people can zoom 
in - this is currently set on my Kent example so that the scale bar is 
1000 ft. or 200m.  It is even possible to set different limits for 
maximum and minimum resolution for each of the different views (e.g. 
map, satellite, hybrid or terrain views)

-- 
Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. UK


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Re: Duixons sundial

[Frans W. Maes]

Hi Alexei & all,

Interesting, yes. If only because the dial doesn't work properly. At 
least, not always. Around the equinox, a sharp-edged shadow is cast on 
both sides of the strip, perpendicular to the strip's axis, and the hour 
marks are correct. Towards the solstices, the shadow boundary on one 
side gets oblique and fuzzy, whereas the edge on the other side shifts 
away from the correct position. The deviation is some 25 minutes at 
most. John Moir observed this in a model, made from a wide elastic 
strip, and reported the results in the Bulletin of the British Sundial 
Society, nr. 95.1.

See also www.fransmaes.nl/sundials, click "Sundials??" in the menu.

Best regards,
Frans Maes

Alexei Pace wrote:
> Do not forget the very interesting sundial by Piet Hein as well which
> is based on the helix.
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Frans W. Maes  wrote:
>> Hi Chiu, John & all,
>>
>> The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
>> gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene.
>> Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.
>>
>> The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the caption,
>> it was designed by J. Masuet and installed in Alpicat (prov. Lérida), Spain,
>> in 1974.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Frans Maes
>>
>>
>>
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Re: Duixons sundial

[fer de vries]

Friends,

Another example is seen at our website .
Follow links:

work of members
archives 2008
month 08-07 (July)

Best wishes,

Fer J. de Vries

De Zonnewijzerkring
http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl

Molens
http://www.collsemolen.dse.nl

Eindhoven, Netherlands
lat.  51:30 N  long.  5:30 E

- Original Message - 
From: "Frans W. Maes" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Duixons sundial


> Hi Chiu, John & all,
>
> The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
> gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene.
> Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.
>
> The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the
> caption, it was designed by J. Masuet and installed in Alpicat (prov.
> Lérida), Spain, in 1974.
>
> Best regards,
> Frans Maes
>
>
>





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Re: Duixons sundial

[Alexei Pace]

Do not forget the very interesting sundial by Piet Hein as well which
is based on the helix.


On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Frans W. Maes  wrote:
> Hi Chiu, John & all,
>
> The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
> gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene.
> Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.
>
> The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the caption,
> it was designed by J. Masuet and installed in Alpicat (prov. Lérida), Spain,
> in 1974.
>
> Best regards,
> Frans Maes
>
>
>
> ---
> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
>
>
>

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Re: Duixons sundial

[Frans W. Maes]

Hi Chiu, John & all,

The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a 
gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene. 
Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.


The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the 
caption, it was designed by J. Masuet and installed in Alpicat (prov. 
Lérida), Spain, in 1974.


Best regards,
Frans Maes


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Re: Duixons sundial

[Chiu 邱 , Chi lian]

Hi, John,
Thank you for pointing out my error. The correct webpage should be
http://photo.xuite.net/nycl.chiu/1477368/134.jpg#support_xuite
and
http://photo.xuite.net/nycl.chiu/1477368/135.jpg#support_xuite

The one gave in the last mail was for me to use only.  I copied that by
mistake while I was signed on. It's my fault. Please forget that webpage.

ChiLian
2009/5/15 John Carmichael 

>  Hello ChiLian
>
>
>
> I do not see any photos at this webpage.  It appears to be asking us for
> Member ID’s and/or passwords.  But I can’t read it because it is in Chinese.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* 587...@gmail.com [mailto:587...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Chiu
> ?,Chi lian
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:08 AM
> *To:* jlcarmich...@comcast.net; sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
> *Subject:* Duixons sundial
>
>
>
> Hi, John,
>
> Since you like the Duixons sundial, I put on two more pictures of it. One
> from another angle and may give you more idea about its 3D structure. The
> other is the plaque on the ground in front of the dial. It is about the
> designer's name and the date it was made.
>
> See http://photo.xuite.net/_my/b_6_5?ab_id=1477368&p=134
>
> and the one next to it.
>
>
>
> ChiLian
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RE: Duixons sundial

[John Carmichael]

Hello ChiLian

 

I do not see any photos at this webpage.  It appears to be asking us for
Member ID's and/or passwords.  But I can't read it because it is in Chinese.

 

John

 

 

From: 587...@gmail.com [mailto:587...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Chiu ?,Chi
lian
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:08 AM
To: jlcarmich...@comcast.net; sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: Duixons sundial

 

Hi, John,

Since you like the Duixons sundial, I put on two more pictures of it. One
from another angle and may give you more idea about its 3D structure. The
other is the plaque on the ground in front of the dial. It is about the
designer's name and the date it was made.

See http://photo.xuite.net/_my/b_6_5?ab_id=1477368
 &p=134

and the one next to it.

 

ChiLian

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Duixons sundial

[Chiu 邱 , Chi lian]

Hi, John,
Since you like the Duixons sundial, I put on two more pictures of it. One
from another angle and may give you more idea about its 3D structure. The
other is the plaque on the ground in front of the dial. It is about the
designer's name and the date it was made.
See http://photo.xuite.net/_my/b_6_5?ab_id=1477368&p=134
and the one next to it.

ChiLian
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