RE: Solar synchronizer

2008-07-15 Thread Andrew Pettit
ise a considered reply. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JOHN DAVIS Sent: 15 July 2008 14:08 To: John Goodman; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: Solar synchronizer (Andrew Pettit) Dear colleagues, You may be interested to know that the 3-D cam for th

RE: Solar synchronizer (Andrew Pettit)

2008-07-15 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Dear colleagues, You may be interested to know that the 3-D cam for the EoT mechanism (looking like a piece of modern sculpture) was on show at the 2008 BSS Conference at Latimer. A photograph of it is in the report of the conference in the BSS Bulletin, 20(ii), June 2008. Regards,

RE: Solar synchronizer (Andrew Pettit)

2008-07-15 Thread John Goodman
g the EOT is described and pictured here: http://www.longnow.org/press/articles/ArtSoftwareDev.php#sidebar > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:22 +0100 > From: "Andrew Pettit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Solar synchronizer > To: "'Frederick Jaggi&

RE: Solar synchronizer

2008-07-14 Thread Andrew Pettit
Interesting! According to the video the clock synchronises to the sun at noon on any sunny day. No mention is made of the "Equation of Time" correction. So it will be a curious "Alice in Wonderland" type clock that tells the correct time by the sun precisely once on any sunny day and the correct