Sara,
That looks similar to a cylindrical equatorial dial done by Porter while
at CalTech. The dial incorporated EoT correction and was, apparently,
stolen (URL below).
http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/caltechnews/articles/v42/sundial.html
Luke Coletti
On 5/20/2010 12:34 PM, Schechner, Sara
Richard,
That particular dial was designed by James Hartness (URL below).
http://www.hartnesshouse.com/vermont-museum/hartness-porter-museum.shtml
Luke Coletti
On 5/20/2010 12:31 PM, kool...@dickkoolish.com wrote:
> Here is one of the Porter sundials in Springfield VT.
> http://www.dickkoolish.
Sara wrote:
> I agree that it looks like a cylindrical equatorial dial, but it is only
> vaguely similar to Porter's. Look at the difference in the gnomon and its
> alignment. I'll try to dig up a better photo of Porter's dials.
>
> Cheers,
> Sara
>
> -O
Sara,
That looks similar to a cylindrical equatorial dial done by Porter while at
CalTech. The dial incorporated EoT correction and was, apparently, stolen (URL
below).
http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/caltechnews/articles/v42/sundial.html
Luke Coletti
On 5/20/2010 12:34 PM, Schechner, Sa
Richard,
That particular dial was designed by James Hartness (URL below).
http://www.hartnesshouse.com/vermont-museum/hartness-porter-museum.shtml
Luke Coletti
On 5/20/2010 12:31 PM, kool...@dickkoolish.com wrote:
> Here is one of the Porter sundials in Springfield VT.
> http://www.dickkoolis
Fred Sawyer wrote:
>
> Rosetti's Beata Beatrix is the print that hangs over my desk at work. It
> draws many comments.
>
> The sundial does play a prominent role in the work - not only visually but
> also symbolically. If you look closely at the numbers you'll see that they
> are not arranged
Sam Muller wrote:
>
> I'm curious too to know now where there might be other
> famous paintings that feature sundials.
>
An interesting point of focus for the Sundial in Art might also include
Rosetti's Beata Beatrix (1863). Although Rosetti's image may include more foder
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