Message text written by "John Carmichael" >Has anybody seen this dial yet?<
In my enthusiasm for the equestrian facilities at Burghley <g> I forgot to say thatorgot to add that the dial was recently mentioned ina local paper. It has been designed by a former curator at Harvard USA. The article I saw says: ------------------ Sundial centrepiece for Burghley House garden A BEAUTIFUL sundial designed by a world time-keeping expert is to be the centrepiece of a new £1.5m garden at Burghley House. A team of gardeners and builders have spent months transforming a former paddock in the grounds of the 16th Century stately home into a stunning visitor attraction. The Garden of Surprises, which has a Tudor theme, will be also be home to more than 30 water features, a maze and a rock-clad grotto. The sundial, etched into a black gabbro stone, features a world map centred on Burghley. It will be the precise latitude and longitude of the gardens, and rely on the movements of the Earth to tell the time accurate to the nearest minute. It has been designed by William Andrewes, a former curator of Harvard Universitys collection of historical scientific instruments and a leading expert on the history of timekeeping. The garden is expected to open at the end of March. 23 March 2007 __________ Patrick --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
