Dear Frank & all, [Sorry, previously sent to Frank only]
The Dutch sundial catalog (Zonnewijzers in Nederland, by Van Cittert-Eymers & Hagen) mentions as the oldest public analemma in the country: an analemma carved in stone at a sundial on a house in Jutphaas (south of Utrecht) from 1831 (cat.nr. Utrecht-8). The sundial was lost during the 1880's; the analemma is in the Utrecht University museum. The second-oldest public analemma in the Netherlands still exists on a church in Enschede and dates from 1836. A picture can be seen in my website www.fransmaes.nl/sundials , go to Pole style - vertical, and click the fourth thumbnail on the first row. The third-oldest analemma on a public dial is in Middelburg, dated 1842. It has analemmas on all the hour lines. Much older is a very elaborate copper horizontal dial, engraved around 1730 by David Coster, now in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam-4 in the book, with picture). It has analemmas for all hours from 8 to 16. Best regards, Frans Maes -
