Thanks for the link to the photo, Roger. What struck me about the dial was the disparity between the precise, very modern looking gnomons, and the almost crude shaping and smoothing of the stone body. Artistically, I think the contrast is elegant, and the delineation appears to have been carefully done to match the actual surfaces...
Dave > If others are interested in what the Cambridge Polyhedron dial looks like, > I > have posted my picture of it at www.walkingshadow.info. Click on Images > and > then CamPoly.jpg. The picture is compressed for the web, only about 103 > kb. > > I suppose the sundial is multifaceted to reflect Cambridge grads. But the > sundial is also a bit odd, misshapen with some rough edges and sharp > projections. If you look closely, you can see the camel in the eye of the > top gnomon. > > Roger Bailey > Walking Shadow Designs > N 48.6 W 123.4 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:44 AM > Subject: An unusual Polyhedron > > >> Dear John >> CAMBRIDGE POLYHEDRAL DIAL >> >> I have just received the June BSS Bulletin... >> >> You are to be congratulated on the cover photograph. >> Somehow, you have contrived to make what I regard as >> one of the most unprepossessing dials in Britain seem >> almost elegant! >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
