Re: sundials in Adelaide (Australia)

2004-02-10 Thread John Hall
Hi François There should be some very good dials in and around Adelaide made by Margaret Folkard and John Ward who wrote the book 'Sundials Australia'. They have made some very fine public dials - Government House, old Government House, Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden and Bishop's Court Ade

Re: sundials in Adelaide (Australia)

2004-02-10 Thread Hank de Wit
I live in Adelaide but I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with any of the sundials here (I don't think there are many at all). However we have here in Adelaide a famouse Gnomic couple who have made many sundials under the company name "Sundials Australia". They are Margaret Folkard and John War

Re: sundials in Adelaide (Australia)

2004-02-10 Thread Rod Wall
Hi François, I live in Melbourne Victoria Australia (about 900Km east from Adelaide). You may not remember me but I think it was you who I helped you with English for the 1st version of your Shadows Sundial Software this would have been some years ago. I don't know where the sundials are in

Re: Reverse Engineering

2004-02-10 Thread Dave Bell
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have reverse-engineered the stained glass window sundial on the Merchant's > House at Marlborough, Wiltshire, and have come up with an interesting > discovery. Want to know more? > David Brown > Somerton, Somerset, UK Need you ask? Dave -

Re: Reverse Engineering

2004-02-10 Thread DMBsundial
David Brown Somerton, Somerset, UK

sundials in Adelaide (Australia)

2004-02-10 Thread Fran�ois Blateyron
Dear dialists   I will have the chance to visit Adelaide (Australia) during 8-10 days, in two weeks, and I wanted to know if some sundials are to be seen in the area. As it will be my first time in the southern hemisphere, I will test some paper sundials and experience the inverted path of

Re: Reverse Engineering

2004-02-10 Thread Dave Bell
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, John Carmichael wrote: > Hello Geoff (cc. Sundial List): > Topic 1: Geoffry Lane writes: > Sorry to trouble you, but one or two things are puzzling me that I > hope you might just be able to help with. I know a certain amount > about glass-painters but I am no mathematicia

Reverse Engineering

2004-02-10 Thread John Carmichael
Hello Geoff  (cc. Sundial List): Topic 1: Geoffry Lane writes: Sorry to trouble you, but one or two things are puzzling me that I hope you might just be able to help with.  I know a certain amount about glass-painters but I am no mathematician, and know very little so far about the technical

Re: Sundial and small birds

2004-02-10 Thread Sara Schechner
year! One who is studying Spanish in school enjoyed translating the page for me, and she laughed at Alicia baptizing the birds Gnomon and Style. (Rápidamente, cuando mi hija Alicia vio las fotos, los bautizó con los nombres de "Gnomon" y "Estilo".) Thanks for sharing this. Sara Sara Schec

Re: Sundial and small birds

2004-02-10 Thread tony moss
Anselmo wrote: > >Have a glance at a cute and tender picture taken by >our associate Antonio Cañones in Murcia (Spain) at > >http://webs.ono.com/usr023/andanatres/cafeb04.htm > >Nice, isn't it? Obviously they are birds with excellent taste in choosing a nesting site. Thanks for sharing. Tony Mo