Hello Art: I noticed this serious design error a week ago in the computer generated picture of Luke's Parkdial in Colorado and wrote both Fer and Luke about it. (Fer confirmed the error). Wouldn't it be horrible to build a sundial of this size and expense only to find that it had a fatal flaw!
Luckly, Luke has informed me that this error exists only in the computer picture and not on the actual sundial. Best John Carmichael >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Carmichael) writes: > >> The first dial I found is a beautiful "bow tie" dial designed by Luke >> Colletti <www.gcstudio.com/images/parkdial.jpg>. > >I agree emphatically that the design is beautiful, but I am puzzled >about the functionality. Can this sculpture be used to tell time? It >seems to me the lines would have to converge on a point behind the >gnomon in order to indicate the time, rather than on the base of the >vertical gnomon, as appear to be the case. It look likes the dial, if >it had markings, would only indicate the azimuth. This is clearly >illustrated by the gif submitted by Fer. There are two crosses below >the "bow tie", the upper one would be the location of the gnomon, >while the hour lines clearly converge on the lower cross. > >Art Carlson > >
