Virtual (vrml) worlds with sundials. User movable and rotatable, true VR.

2005-11-08 Thread Sunny Dial \[Simon\]
I have completed the building of the first phase of three worlds using VRML. VRML is the virtual reality version of html. To use it one needs a browser plugin, Cortona being the most common one. Anyhow, you can wander around, back and forth, and see some vrml sundials, and there are some hyperli

Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-08 Thread J. Tallman
Hello All, I have a sundial client who is interested in commissioning a Spectra dial for the minister of their (Protestant) church. The question was asked whether there have been any classical/traditional sundial mottos, in Latin or otherwise, that have been used on church/clergy related dia

Re: interesting link...

2005-11-08 Thread Th. Taudin Chabot
Times should display now correct. Thibaud At 21:26 07-11-2005, Josef Pastor wrote: > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "Th. Taudin Chabot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de > Betreff: interesting link... > Datum: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:25:50 +0100 > > A nice link: > http://ww

Re: Sundial Deutsches Museum Munich

2005-11-08 Thread Gianni Ferrari
In the photograph we may see the hour lines of two different monofilar sundials that mark ( both ) the standard time (hour of the clock). The concentric circles are the daily lines (date's lines) and almost certainly mark the beginning of the months. Where the shadow of the vertical style cros

Re: Sundial Deutsches Museum Munich

2005-11-08 Thread willy leenders
An "Azimutalspinne" (perpendicular gnomon) and a pole-style sundial (sloping style) indicate independent from each other the middle european time ( correction by the equation of time gives the hour lines an irregular form). They indicate the same time only when the sundial plate is directed

Sundial Deutsches Museum Munich

2005-11-08 Thread datenmull
Dear Sundialists, http://static.flickr.com/23/27737182_f3c720e8e1.jpg?v=0 this Sundial is at the Deutsches Museum at Munich. At first I thought it is a spider-type sundial (Sonnenuhrenspinne) - but what is the second gnomon for? can anyone explain? hannes -