Yesterday, I went to an exhibition entitled "The Story of Time", held in the Queen's House at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
The exhibition covers:- The Creation of Time The Measurement of Time (excellent display of sundials and clocks) The Depiction of Time The Experience of Time The End of Time It is well worth a visit if you can get there, it is on until 24th September 2000 Information I understand, on (though I haven't looked) www.nmm.ac.uk ...and you can walk outside and see Chris Daniel's Dolphin dial ...and get free entry into the Old Greenwich Observatory As is the case with exhibitions these days, you can not get out without passing through the shop. They were selling, at high price, a "Non-Sundial" The gnomon was aligned along the axis of rotation, but so was the dial plate. So it was like a polar dial, but the dial plate was circular, and marked out like a clock face (12 at the top, 6 at the bottom). You will be pleased to know that I sought out the shop manager, and pointed out his obligations under the UK Trades Descriptions Act, and suggested that Greenwich, the home of time, was hardly the place to be selling such rubbish. I wonder if he will remove the offending object. Subsequent visitors may like to check. JPG available on request Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] 53.37N 3.02W Wirral, UK
