Sundials in Greece

1996-06-24 Thread Harold Brandmaier
6-23-96 In the National Gardens in Athens, there is a horizontal sundial installed in 1929. It is marble with a brass gnomon. The equation of time is inscribed on the base.

Book Notice

1996-06-24 Thread Harold Brandmaier
6-23-96 I have recently published my book A Sundial for Your Garden. It is based on my talks to garden clubs on sundials. Chapters contain information on available sundial types; a brief history of sundials; sources for sundials (mostly North America); installation and alignment; and the

Shadow Clock/Sundial Request

1996-06-24 Thread Daniel Roth
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Shadow Clock/Sundial Request I'm looking for information for my father on building a shadow clock for a re-creation of a biblical marketplace at his church. The research I'm seeing so far indicates that shadow clocks were

Re: Shadow Clock/Sundial Request

1996-06-24 Thread Sara Schechner Genuth
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Shadow Clock/Sundial Request I'm looking for information for my father on building a shadow clock for a re-creation of a biblical marketplace at his church. The research I'm seeing so far indicates that shadow clocks were

Leicester Spherical Dial

1996-06-24 Thread Les Cowley
There is a photograph of a proposed 1.5m diameter spherical sundial for Leicester University England on page 28 of the July 1991 issue of the British Sundial Society Bulletin. Does anyone know whether it was built and who a contact might be? Any information on other *large* spherical dials in

Accurate Altitude Dials

1996-06-24 Thread TOM_BOWER
I want to design an altitude dial that will indicate local clock time. I was thinking of an oversized pillar or shepherd's dial or a large ring dial. Usually these are portable, but I want to make one for my particular location (Lat 38d53m48s N, Long 121d04m33s W). What types of corrections