Hi Roderick,
Was it perhaps an "Erickson Polar Equatorial Dial" that you had in mind?
See one example in Denver, Colorado, at:
www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/sundials/co/denver/cranmer/index.html
The NASS registry lists about 12 dials of this type.
Best regards,
Frans Maes
On 26-1-2013 4:50, R Wall ml wrote:
Hi all,
That reminds me, I do remember seeing somewhere a photo of a stone disk
sundial. With a steel pole through the stone disk that also held the disk at
the correct angle. Think it was a Chinese sundial.
Now where did I see that?
Roderick Wall.
From: Dave Bell
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:38 PM
To: 'Douglas Vogt' ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: RE: Interesting sundial
I’m sure Tony Moss would be happy to explain it, Douglas!
In short, it’s an Equatorial dial, as I recall. The dial plane is parallel to
the Earth’s equator, and the little stubs of gnomons are parallel to the
Earth’s axis. One face is illuminated in the Summer, the other in Winter.
Dave
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From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Douglas Vogt
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:31 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Interesting sundial
In a previous post (24 Jan. 2013), I thought a sundial in a photo was neat and
wondered if there were plans for it. As a relative newcomer, I don't even know
what kind it is.
That post was apparently completely misinterpreted by an irritable being as
something having to do more with those things that run on steel rails and not
sundials. I merely responded to the subject line. My post and the response
caused further OTs, for which I apologize.
In any case, it is a neat sundial and I'd like to know more about it if the
designer is not too P.O.d to respond.
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From: John Carmichael <jlcarmich...@comcast.net>
To: 'jim senato' <j...@kcpc.com>; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:32 AM
Subject: RE: sundial Digest, Vol 85, Issue 28
Hello Mr. Senato:
Do we know you? I searched my inbox archive and see that you have only written
one letter previously to the Sundial List back in 2011. In that letter you
talk about FED EX and not sundials. See copy of your letter below.
Let me respectfully clue you in on a few things…
I have been on this mailing list for about 15 years I think, and as far as I
know, there is no rule that we must only respond to the “subject at hand”. If
this were the case, then no new subjects would ever appear. Often, several
sundial-related subjects are discussed on the same day. However, since it is
the Sundial List, most of us do try to limit our subjects to sundial related
matter.
My last letter was obviously about a sundial (a famous one by Tony Moss at
that), and it included the best existing photos of that sundial as well as a
photo of one of America’s only stained glass sundials. It was NOT about a
“train set”. I don’t think I broke any Sundial List rules, and lots of people
wrote to tell me they liked seeing the sundial photographs.
The courteous thing for you to do would be to simply ignore letters that don’t
interest you. We all do that. But none of us EVER tells anyone on the list to
shut up. How rude was that!
Think before you type.
Sincerely,
“that guy”
p.s. You might want to do a grammar and spelling check on your letters before
you send them. I’d be embarrassed if I were you. They make you look ignorant
and uneducated.
Letter from Jim Senato sent on 10/29/1011
let these people know to call fedex next time
why would you actually go as far as filling out a form????
call if you arent sure wouldnt you know if you were tracking a package
without filling out something tell them to use some common sense
this is not a big threat
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