Re: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)

2016-12-29 Thread rodwall1...@gmail.com
Hi Ian 
Very interesting story. The equatorial Tower Dial is a great sundial. 

Regards,

Roderick Wall.

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From: "Ian Maddocks" 
To: "sundial@uni-koeln.de" 
Subject: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge 
Equatorial)
Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 8:06 AM

hi folks

Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with the sundial in the middle 
of the attached screengrab from Instagram #sundial?
It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in London

Answer below.

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The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous equatorial in London by Wendy 
Taylor but a copy in Shanghai, China.

I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial 
(https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/)  looking for new dials we 
haven't recorded in the BSS Register.   Back in September I saw the dial as you 
see it in the screen grab.  "It's the dial by Tower Bridge", I thought, "been 
there, seen that" but something about the photo processing ("nice" HDR, ie not 
over-done to my tastes) made me click through.   "But hang on those aren't the 
warehouses on the south side of the Thames , they're skyscrapers, it's tagged 
Shanghai !"   To see the original posting click 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo  , though I originally 
saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there were no comments.

I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who confirmed it wasn't an official 
copy.  I managed to find its location and she started to work out what could be 
done about it.

Although they don't have StreetView in China there are some privately uploaded 
photospheres on Google Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks of the 
Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all one link) 
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352

Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy has just been in touch with 
the end to the story   At the end of November the story was run in The 
Independent UK newspaper.Second British artist accuses China of copying 
work after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted in Shanghai :   
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-british-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a7441076.html
then just four days later   Chinese authorities destroy Shanghai sculpture 
exposed as copy of British artist's iconic London work : 
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448326.html
It also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily 'Wonderful news' for UK 
sculptor   
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/shdaily.shtml
and has been picked up by other media , see  
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial

Wishing you all a Happy New Year

Ian Maddocks

Chester, UK
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Re: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)

2016-12-29 Thread lvadillo

  
  
Shanghai is at 31º N and London at 51º N. Shanghai's clock looks
less inclined than London's!
Happy New Year

El 29/12/2016 a las 22:06, Ian Maddocks
  escribió:


  
  
  

  

  hi folks
  
  
  Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with
the sundial in the middle of the attached screengrab
from Instagram #sundial?
  It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in
London
  
  
  Answer below.
  
  
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  v
  
  
  The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous
equatorial in London by Wendy Taylor but a copy in
Shanghai, China.   
  
  
  
  I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/) 
looking for new dials we haven't recorded in the BSS
Register.   Back in September I saw the dial as you see
it in the screen grab.  "It's the dial by Tower Bridge",
I thought, "been there, seen that" but something about
the photo processing ("nice" HDR, ie not over-done to my
tastes) made me click through.   "But hang on those
aren't the warehouses on the south side of the Thames
, they're skyscrapers, it's tagged Shanghai !"   To see
the original posting click

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo  , though I
originally saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there
were no comments. 

  
  
  
  I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who
confirmed it wasn't an official copy.  I managed
  to find its location and she started to work
out what could be done about it.  
  
  
  
  Although they don't have StreetView in China there
are some privately uploaded photospheres on Google
Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks of the
Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all
one link)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11t/data="">
  
  
  Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy
has just been in touch with the end to the story  
At the end of November the story was run in The
Independent UK newspaper.   
Second British artist accuses China of copying work
  after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted
  in Shanghai :  
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-british-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a7441076.html   
then just four days later   Chinese authorities
  destroy Shanghai sculpture exposed as copy of British
  artist's iconic London work :
  
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448326.html   
It also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily ‘Wonderful
  news’ for UK sculptor  

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/shdaily.shtml   
and has been picked up by other media , see  https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial
  
  
  Wishing you all a Happy New Year
  
  
  
Ian Maddocks

  Chester, UK
  53°11'50"N  2°52'41"W
  
  


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
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RE: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)

2016-12-29 Thread Robert Terwilliger
what is wrong with the sundial?

 

No shadow  - even though the dial itself is casting a shadow.

 

In which case there may be nothing wrong with the dial, but with the
photograph.

 

(?)

 

Bob

 

 

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From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Ian
Maddocks
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 4:07 PM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower
Bridge Equatorial) 

 

 

 

hi folks

 

Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with the sundial in the
middle of the attached screengrab from Instagram #sundial?

It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in London

 

Answer below.

 

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

 

The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous equatorial in London by
Wendy Taylor but a copy in Shanghai, China.

 

I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial
(https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/)  looking for new dials we
haven't recorded in the BSS Register.   Back in September I saw the dial as
you see it in the screen grab.  "It's the dial by Tower Bridge", I thought,
"been there, seen that" but something about the photo processing ("nice"
HDR, ie not over-done to my tastes) made me click through.   "But hang on
those aren't the warehouses on the south side of the Thames , they're
skyscrapers, it's tagged Shanghai !"   To see the original posting click
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo  , though I
originally saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there were no comments.  

 

I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who confirmed it wasn't an official
copy.  I managed to find its location and she started to work out what could
be done about it.   

 

Although they don't have StreetView in China there are some privately
uploaded photospheres on Google Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks
of the Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all one link)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11
t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpA
ywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-3sr
hU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB
%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352

 

Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy has just been in touch
with the end to the story   At the end of November the story was run in
The Independent UK newspaper.Second British artist accuses China of
copying work after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted in
Shanghai :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-b
ritish-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a744
1076.htmlthen just four days later   Chinese authorities destroy
Shanghai sculpture exposed as copy of British artist's iconic London work :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture
-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448
326.htmlIt also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily ‘Wonderful news’
for UK sculptor
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/sh
daily.shtmland has been picked up by other media , see
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial

 

Wishing you all a Happy New Year

 

Ian Maddocks


Chester, UK
53°11'50"N  2°52'41"W





 

 

 

 

 

 

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