RE: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-29 Thread John Carmichael
! -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:36 PM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List'; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed Dear John, That is a grea

RE: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-29 Thread John Carmichael
ubject: Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed The sundial likely sees sun through the summer. The latitude of Toronto is about 43.5. The maximum altitude of the sun at noon would be 70° (90-43.5+23.5). The tangent of 70 is 2.75. The shadow from the eves would project down by 2.75 times in the

Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-28 Thread Tony Moss
On 27/09/2010 22:47, John Carmichael wrote: Hi Dialists: My new 38" diameter (1 meter) porcelain sundial has been installed on a beautiful brick home near Toronto Canada. Notice the name of the street! Hi John, A very fine dial which blends in beautifully with its setting. You

Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-27 Thread Frank King
Dear John, That is a great dial. I really must look into this glass-based colouring that you use. I can testify to its durability. The six dials on the Gate of Honour at Gonville and Caius College are made with this technology and their colours look almost as good as new after the better part of

Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-27 Thread Roger Bailey
? Regards, Roger Bailey From: R Wall Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:27 PM To: John Carmichael ; 'Sundial Mailing List' Subject: Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed Hi John, A lovely looking sundial. Looks as if the house was made to fit the sundial. During summer time, does

Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

2010-09-27 Thread R Wall
Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed Hi Dialists: My new 38" diameter (1 meter) porcelain sundial has been installed on a beautiful brick home near Toronto Canada. Notice the name of the street! Client's Name: Mike & Dawn Razem Street Address: 76 Sundial Crescent City: Dundas