Re: St. Margareth and the Olympics
Dear Reinhold and all, Andrew James has added detail and I can back up his supposition by quoting directly from the booklet, Sundials by Christopher St J Daniel, our former chairman of the BSS. The figure shows one of the dials with the Westminster Tower in the background with Big Ben, and the figure caption reads: A modern vertical direct-west dial on the church of St Margaret of Antioch, Westminster. Note that the gnomon lies parallel to the dial plate, both being parallel to the earth's polar axis. The dial is one of four, which overlook Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. They are painted blue, with the numerals gilded in platinum, and were designed by the author. They were made by Brookbrae Ltd of London in 1982. The 56 page booklet is published by Shire Publications Ltd, and has had several editions and reprintings. The relatively low cost makes it popular in the book stands at tourist centres such as stately homes or English Heritage castles and centres of culture. Quite a number of the public have joined the Society as a result of being inspired by this booklet. Olympics. In addition to the successes we should note that one of our members, David Brown, was commissioned to make an analemmatic dial for the Olympic park. The dial is installed in a 'silver' garden using stainless steel numeral markers (there are special gardens with gold, silver and bronze themes). The construction was described at our April conference, with one of the inevitable problems imposed by the garden designers that the dial was to be partially surrounded by silver birch trees! I hope we will hear more about this dial and see some images. Regards, Doug On 1 Aug 2012, at 09:39, Reinhold Kriegler wrote: Dear friends, did you see already the “sundial of the month August” at Joël Robic’s splendid website on behalf of the Olympic Games… http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html image001.jpg Regards, Reinhold Kriegler * ** *** * ** *** Reinhold R. Kriegler Lat. 53° 6' 52,6 Nord; Long. 8° 53' 52,3 Ost; 48 m ü. N.N. GMT +1 (DST +2) www.ta-dip.de http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html http://www.ta-dip.de/salon-der-astronomen/bewohner-des-salons-der-astronomen.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
RE: St. Margareth
Dear Reinhold, Thank you for sharing that link http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html and that picture of the fine St Margaret's, Westminster sundials. I believe they were designed by Chris Daniel and made by Brookbrae but am open to correction. Something about them which has always caused me to wonder is the absence of hours from about 6 to 8 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. on the North dial, which only shows hours before 6 a.m. and after 6 p.m. - not the whole time the Sun is to the North at midsummer. I can think of at least two possible reasons: - firstly, having the gnomon planted as it is in the ring, and near the edge, would make the space for them insignificantly small. - secondly, the projecting corner turrets of the church tower probably shade the dial until the Sun is some way North of due East or due West. The North gnomon could have been designed differently but would then be less like an inverted version of the South gnomon and this would reduce the overall symmetry. Of course, having also East and West dials means there is no shortage of somewhere to read the time during these hours. Can anyone comment on this? Regards Andrew James Secure Meters (UK) Ltd. is a registered company in England: 2199653 Secure House, Moorside Road, Winchester, SO23 7RX This correspondence is confidential and solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this correspondence from your system and notify the sender immediately. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: St. Margareth
Thank you for sharing this dial. It is a great example of the quiet strength of simple design elements. The blue background with white lines and numbers is friendly to the eye and eye-catching at the same time. The symmetry of the annular dials surrounding the round stain glass windows is very satisfying. Bravo to the designer for keeping it understated and without furniture. -Bill On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Reinhold Kriegler reinhold.krieg...@gmx.dewrote: ** Dear friends, ** ** did you see already the “sundial of the month *August”* at Joël Robic’ssplendid website on b **eh**alf of the Olympic Games… http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html Regards, Reinhold Kriegler ** ** ** ** *** * ** *Reinhold R. Kriegler* *Lat. 53° 6' 52,6 Nord; Long. 8° 53' 52,3 Osthttp://www.ta-dip.de/sonnenuhren/meine-sonnenuhren.html **; 48 m ü. N.N. ** *GMT +1 (DST +2) *www.ta-dip.de* *http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html*http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html * * http://www.ta-dip.de/salon-der-astronomen/bewohner-des-salons-der-astronomen.html ** ** --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial image001.jpg--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: St. Margareth
Hi Bill, I believe the lines on the dials are described by the designer (Chris Daniel, the BSS President) as being 'platinum', and the blue colour as 'enamelled' - I'm not sure if these are forms of 'gilding' and 'vitreous enamel', respectively. Regards, John -- Dr J Davis Flowton Dials --- On Wed, 1/8/12, Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net wrote: From: Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net Subject: Re: St. Margareth To: Reinhold Kriegler reinhold.krieg...@gmx.de Cc: Sundial Mailingliste sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Date: Wednesday, 1 August, 2012, 14:00 Thank you for sharing this dial. It is a great example of the quiet strength of simple design elements. The blue background with white lines and numbers is friendly to the eye and eye-catching at the same time. The symmetry of the annular dials surrounding the round stain glass windows is very satisfying. Bravo to the designer for keeping it understated and without furniture. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
