Sundials of French Alps

2011-08-19 Thread Dariusz Oczki
Dear Diallists Last days of July I have spent in France searching for sundials in the Queyras area. Below you will find my article (in Polish) about the trip with a bunch of photos. http://gnomonika.pl/news.php?id=55 At that time Michel Lalos, a French sundial enthusiast, was there too so we h

Re: Sundials of French Alps

2011-08-19 Thread Dariusz Oczki
One more thing: If anyone wishes to read the text in their own language there is an easy way to translate it. Fron now on we have on Gnomonika.pl a set of social links at the end of each article - the last one of them lets you translate the page using Google Translator. I just hope you will ge

Re: Fwd: Re: Question on a possible sundial.

2011-08-19 Thread Bill Gottesman
I agree that it is not likely to be a sundial.  I wonder what markings are hidden under the flower bowl.  For example, this could be an anniversary sundial, marking solar noon with a light beam on a particular date.  Or maybe it is a type of compass aligned with the cele