earliest sundial

2009-02-21 Thread Frank Evans
Greetings fellow dialists, The dial SRN0818 referred to by Patrick Powers as being a Roman dial at the famous Vindolanda Roman site at Bardon Mill, Cumbria, close to Hadrian's Wall, is not a Roman dial but a more recent conventional garden dial. On visiting Vindolanda yesterday I was assured

Re: Search for the Earliest Sundial

2005-02-02 Thread Mike Cowham
Dear Mario, Robert, Carland Sundiallers everywhere, Thanks for the suggestions of where to findthe pictures of these early dials. I have seen several over the years but have a strange feeling that these dials are not really as old as they appear to be -but don't know how to prove it.

Re: Earliest Sundial

2005-01-31 Thread Karl Schwarzinger
SistransAustria47°14´N - 11°27´ETel./Fax : +43 - 512 - 378868[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://members.aon.at/sundials - Original Message - From: "Mario Arnaldi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Sundial List" sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:01 PM Subject: Re: Ea

Re: Earliest Sundial

2005-01-30 Thread Mario Arnaldi
I have not researched this question. Karl Schwarzinger sent me a pretty folder with color pictures of many beautiful Austrian sundials. Among these is a folding dial ('Klappsonnenuhr') from 1451, possibly made by Georg Peuerbach and now in the Kaiser Maximilian Museum in Innsbruck. Does

RE: Earliest Sundial

2005-01-30 Thread Robert Terwilliger
=sundial -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario Arnaldi Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:02 PM To: Sundial List Subject: Re: Earliest Sundial b) Portable dials (travel or table-top). I have not researched this question. Karl

Re: Earliest Sundial

2005-01-18 Thread Frans W. Maes
dial? Best regards, Frans Maes 53.1N, 6.5E www.fransmaes.nl/sundials/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:19 PM Subject: Earliest Sundial During a short trip to Turkey and Greece last year I visited the Topkapi