Re: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany

2001-08-14 Thread fer j. de vries
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Re: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany

2001-08-13 Thread BillGottesman
01 7:46:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany > Date:8/13/2001 7:46:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lelievre) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Sundia

Re: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany

2001-08-13 Thread Dave Bell
At a first guess, an answer to the second question may explain the first: I would guess the diagonal lines (the 19 hour appears to be on a line parallel to the one running right through the dial) are hour lines for a different gnomon, perhaps roofline, corner, etc. Dave On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Stev

Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany

2001-08-13 Thread Steve Lelievre
Hi, A friend has sent me a couple of pictures of a sundial at Montegufoni in Tuscany, and has asked me how it works. I can't figure it out fully. On the face of it, we seem to have a fairly ordinary vertical decliner using a nodus, but we don't understand the hour numbering. They don't seem to b