What a hoot. Thanks for putting those photos on the internet. It works
like a ring dial on steroids. Very cool.
-Bill G.
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From: "fer de vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "J. Tallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sundial List"
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Sent: Sunday, October 14,
Jim and others,
I know about a sundial on board of a passengers ship.
I posses a photo-copy of small booklet about the dial and its use.
The ship is the MS Oranje, built in 1938/39.
About the ship and her history have a look at:
www.ssmaritime.com/oranje.htm
The ship ended her life in 1979 as An
I think that all the portable sundials that have been invented and used
can be used on a ship or a boat but I don't know any sundial SPECIFICALLY
designed for this use.
The only sundial that I know that was specifically designed to be used on a
mean of transport was built some years ago by t
Dear Jim,
If you have a copy of the Mayall's book, you can see a picture of a
"Japanese Noon Mark Dial Designed for use at Sea" which they say comes from the
Ernst Collection. Basically it's a table on gimbals with a big weight hanging
below it. (it's opposite p.153 of my edition). If you d
