For most errors on sundials there is an explanation. Sometimes the cause is a mystery. As for the special sundial in Company's Garden in Cape Town (South Africa) see http://www.wijzerweb.be/kaapstad.html
(note that in the southern hemisphere the sequence of hour numbers on a horizontal dial is counter clockwise) Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Op 12-mrt-2011, om 20:39 heeft Brent het volgende geschreven: > Hello again; > > I hope I am not trying your patience with my endless questions. > > Today I am thinking about all of the mistakes that I have made in my thinking > about sundial designs. The motions between the sun and earth are more > complicated than I first thought. > > I wonder if lots of people make sundial mistakes? > I wonder if there are lots of sundials around that contain mistakes? > I wonder if there are any famous sundial blunders? > > thanks again; > brent > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
