Eternal sundial

2014-06-07 Thread Miguel A. G. Arrando
The sundial is in Amer, Catalonia. http://www.gnomonica.cat/index.php/inventari/inventari-10742 Miguel <>--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

RV: Greenwich Meridei Redux

2014-05-06 Thread Miguel A. G. Arrando
. Aprox. Wide enough to find sundials but without a significant longitude distortion when you read the time (± 24 seconds) I have recorded the province of Castellón, Spain (where the meridian begins it’s land route up north). Perhaps somebody wants to extend it up and down. Miguel A. G. Arrando

RV: Request for information concerning an old sundial

2013-07-08 Thread Miguel A. G. Arrando
Dear Robert, Mark and Rafael The inverted five is a common feature in Spanish eighteen century sundials. The sundial itself seems to be oriented closer to north than east (an inverted calculation will find the exact declination). The fresco paint, finely executed and apparently well preserved,

RV: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-17 Thread Miguel A. G. Arrando
Dear Darek, et all. Here is a meridian line used to regulate the tower clock in Castellon, Valencia. http://campaners.com/php/quadrant.php?numer=168 I think the sundial in St Lorenz Church in Nuremberg was also used to regulate the tower clock. http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild34_e.htm (Karl Swa