I have tried to look for the photos of the sundial of the Old Grammar School in Hawkshead that are in internet and I have found:
1 - http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/hawkgrsc.htm ( la fotografia inviata da Fer de Vries) 2 - in http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/Dotm/jul2001.htm 3 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/274942758/ >From these images it is possible to see that the staff that sustains the >stylus (supported to the wall), that coincides with the substylar line, >passes across the 9h 50m hour line At the Hawkshead Latitude to have this substylar line it is necessary that the declination is around -27° and not -35°43.' If the declination of the dial were - 35° 43' the substylar hour would be 9h 14 m. Perhaps only a precise measure can solve the enigma :-) Looking at the photos we can also see that, very unusual thing, the plane of the dial is not parallel to the wall of the school, but more declining (Eastward ; at least about ten degrees) A last note. The photo n. 2 (sundial org) is accompanied by 4 verses of the poet T. Geoffrey W. Henslow : but these verses are not the same that, in the Henslow' book "Ye Sundial Booke" , accompany the image of the sundial of Hawkshead , that are How are you, mortal, did you say? Why, just the same as yesterday? But, questioner, let me ask you, How is the day ? and how are you ? Pag. 80 - and. 1914 - Best Gianni Ferrari
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