Dear John,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
The Wilanow Palace sundial photo and its description can also be found
at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg
This is indeed an interesting sundial, but also an interesting photo.
Karl Schwarzingers photo
Also curious, I don't recall any mention of the two auxiliary dials, with
the cherubim holding their own styles, one 4 hours fast, the other 4
hours slow relative to the main dial. And what about the apparent four
additional styles, one at each lower corner of the window frames?
Dave
Dear John,
Dave,
as far as I can see the smaller dials show italic and babylonian hours,
the latter at the right with the too short gnomon. The things sticking
out from the windowsills seem to be pipes to channel rainwater out and
away from the sundial.
Hannes
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Also curious,
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Hannes K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave,
as far as I can see the smaller dials show italic and babylonian hours,
That's what the description (in Polish) says, yes.
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Jan
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Hi Frans, Dave Others:
Can anybody tell us what time notation are shown on the two auxiliary dials
(on either side of the main dial)? I am not an expert on the many different
types of time that can be shown on a sundial. Roger, you seem to know about
these odd types of dials. Do you know?
I
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, John Carmichael
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I have been unable to translate the Czech website description of the dial,
so the only info I have is from Karl's website. (translation anyone?)
I'll post the translation of the Polish text later tonight (PDT).
Have
Dear Fer, Despina, Peter, dialists,
Yes, an array of dials for different Latitudes, perhaps for different
dates as
well, would be a great idea!
Perhaps your own Shadow Plane dials from the article in December, 1999 of
the NASS Compendium:
Shadow Plane Sundials - II
Maddux, Oglesby deVries
Hi All,
As Jan says, the auxilliary dials appear to be Italian (or Italic if you
prefer) and Babylonian hours. But I think they are numbered and/or
delineated totally incorrectly.
Let me explain.
At the equinoxes you get exactly 12 hours of day, 12 of night, so noon is 6
o'clock Babylonian (since
Hi Chris, John and all,
I believe you are right. The lines are correct. The numbers are wrong. I
used the essential tool, Fer de Vries program to calculate a south facing
vertical dial with Italian and Babylonian hours. The tiny pdf version is
attached. I did not add the numbers as I did not
