perforated ring dial

1999-06-08 Thread Tloc54452
Hello, I'm new to the list and don't know much but am interested. I tried looking in the archive for this list but was unable to connect. I hope I am not repeating a question which has been asked 1000 times, but I probably am. 8-) I saw in a shop a perforated ring dial with circumferentially-sl

Re: Related mail lists

1999-06-08 Thread Gordon Uber
My Clocks and Time's Mailing Lists page <http://www.ubr.com/clock s/maillist/maillist.html> has instructions for several mailing lists: Clocks Mailing List A public list owned by John C. Wyman. Clock and watch repair and technology. Clo

Re: BMT - London - mailing lists

1999-06-08 Thread Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
At 14:34 24-5-99 -0500, you wrote: -Original Message/Oorspronkelijk bericht-- . >Does anyone know if there is a directory of mailing lists like this one, >but related to other topics? . Have a look at http://www.onelist.com

Re: Cath�drale_de_Strasbourg:_sundials

1999-06-08 Thread Chris Lusby-Taylor
I have a book on the cathedral which manages to mention not a single sundial. Makes you wonder how many other sundials exist but shun publicity. Chris Lusby Taylor Newbury England. Date: 06 Jun 99 22:55:55 From: "Gilbert FOUSSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sundial-L" Subject: CathÈdrale_de_Strasb

Re: I need help....

1999-06-08 Thread k.schwarzinger
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Krzysztof Kotynia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Datum: Dienstag, 08. Juni 1999 08:57 Betreff: Re: I need help >Dear all, >I found a picture showing a portable sundial with equal hours >dating 1453. The dial has obviously a magneti

Re: I need help....

1999-06-08 Thread Patrick Powers
This thread has concentrated, (and quite rightly!), on dials that not only are marked with equal hours but show the same equal hour throughout the year. They are usually characterised by a gnomon which is parallel to the earth's axis. This 'technology' is thought to have been developed by the Ar

Re: BMT - London - mailing lists

1999-06-08 Thread Patrick Powers
>Can anyone suggest some interesting sundials to see in London, U.K.?< Hi Achim, Some I can immediately think of are: The Equatorial dial in Bromley Civic Centre, The Old Palace Four dials (Scaphe, Vert S,Vert W and Analemmatic), in the Horniman Museum sundial trail, Forest Hill London (one may

Re: I need help....

1999-06-08 Thread Krzysztof Kotynia
> Dear all, > > We have now: > Strassbourg, France 1493 > Krakow, Poland 1485 > Utrecht, Netherlands 1463 > > But where is the oldest? > I am not for sure that the Dutch one is the winner. > Who knows of older ones? Dear all, I found a picture showing a portable