If you sort by the surface, the total area filled by the hour lines of the sundial on the Place de la Concorde in Paris is 85 x 142 m, that is 12000 m sq. The Obelisk is 33 m high.
Jean-Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Monumental Statistics > It appears that they used face diameter (38.33m) as the criteria to support > their claim. To compare it to the other sundials on our list, we need to > convert this to area. This is 1153m sq. This puts it behind Jaipur's 1932m > sq. but slightly ahead of Disney's 1039m sq. Kitt Peak, by this criteria is > left in the dust at 685m sq. > > John > > John L. Carmichael Jr. > Sundial Sculptures > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > Tucson Arizona 85718 > USA -
