Looks to me like that dial has big problems too. The 12 o'clock numeral is where it should be for a direct south wall, but the 6 am and 6 pms don't line up with the center. Andrew James was there last week. Andrew, do you remember if this is a south wall?
John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Rod Gnomon Hole Placement > Hi John > > A propos the matter of the fixing of gnomons to stained glass dials - > here's a bit of a conundrum for you. Would you have chosen the fixing > holes on the Bucklebury dial? It declines about 13 degrees West yet the > holes seem in a very strange place for that orientation... Was the dial > perhaps wrongly made in the first place or was there a most interesting > gnomon support.... Perhaps we shall never know. > > Patrick > > - > -
