Inan article "Sundials Painted in the
Cloister of an Italian Monastery" in BSS 1998,by Mario Arnaldi
hementioned that monks in Egypt and the Middle East prayed only twice -
morning and evening.Where is this mentioned?
In an archeological dig in Beer Sheba in 1903 a
conical sundial was
Hi Mac:
(hope you don't mind me cc'ing this to the List. I think it's interesting
and might be of use to somebody else who wants to use the Time Method for
laying out a bid dial).
I'm so glad you asked all those important questions about the marking
techniques we'll be using. This was what I
A nice view of the June 10 eclipse can be seen here today (Wednesday).
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Tomorrow, click Archives or the
Bob
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Hi Andrew
Good point. I fogot to mention that we will drive time point marking nails
through small flat water-proof numerals (Like the little metal ones you see
on mailboxes) on the hour 1/2 hours just so we don't get lost!
John
John L. Carmichael Jr.
Sundial Sculptures
925 E. Foothills Dr.
To John Carmichael, and all who
have followed the progress of Johns plan to do a dial out of the shadows from
the McMath-Pierce solar telescope on Kitt Peak, and all of those who have
offered him advise on shadow sharpeners, penumbral effects on large dials, and
so on.
I just got back
Dialists,
John Carmichael's proposal for the McMath-Pierce solar telescope sundial
has been put on The NASS Web pages. The pages are intended to follow the
project as it progresses.
Click on Links / Featured Links. The proposal is in PDF format.
http://sundials.org
Bob Terwilliger
NASS
Bill,
Thanks for your suggestion for recycling plastic jars as sundial markers. I'll try them for my next project or revise the analemmatic dial on my front lawn.
Hal
