Title: Copernicus reflecting dial
May I recommend Gianni Ferrari's splendid article:
http://www.ta-dip.de/fileadmin/user_upload/bilder3/6c07ca7481c84092971f6984b17cae60_Ferrari_Kopernikus.pdf
You can find it in the end of my Kopernicus-
Copernicus reflecting dialHi all,
I’ve seen many reconstructions of Copernicus’s sundial but I’m not agree with
all of them.
The aisle with the sundial now is closed by glass windows which involved the
whole arcs.
In the zamek (castle) there is also a museum with many old plans and drawings
Copernicus reflecting dialsorry, I wrote the disappeared sundial is not
compatible with the orientation of the facade, it is wrong: it is compatible.
Fabio
Fabio Savian
fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it
www.nonvedolora.eu
Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy
45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2)
Gianni Ferrari's article, Copernicus And The First Reflection Sundial
appeared in the June 2004 edition of the Compendium in English.
On 4/6/2015 11:38 PM, Reinhold Kriegler wrote:
Copernicus reflecting dial
May I recommend Gianni Ferrari's splendid article:
Dear all,
I deeply regret to inform you that Fer de Vries, honorary member of the
Dutch Sundial Society, passed away on April 1, at the age of 78. The
funeral service was held today privately. He suffered from a stroke two
years ago, from which he only partially recovered.
He was a pivotal
About my 2004 article on the Copernicus’ reflection sundial I have to
recognize that the conclusions made by me in the article are *wrong* *:-(*
This is because in my thesis I used a wrong value of the declination of the
wall, based on old photographs.
Fabio Savian few years ago, after visiting
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Sono profondamente addolorato per la perdita del caro amico Fer. Ho avuto
l'onore di collaborare con lui diversi anni fa su argomenti molto belli ed
importanti della gnomonica, in particolare sui rari strumenti del Rinascimento
che indicano le vere ore Temporarie Eclittiche.
