Dear Rosario, thank you for your mail concerning the exhibition in Craveggia. I sent the following recommendation to the Sundial and the Rete mailing list.
Unfortunately I personally will not be able to see the exhibition. I am going to Italy this year but only to Napoli and Paestum. So I will only seeing down from the airplane from 10000 Meters.;-) Best regards to Guido Dresti. Yours Juergen 2013/7/8 Jürgen Hoefeld <juergen.hoef...@gmail.com> > Dear Sundial Friends, Dear Retians, > > I would like to draw your attention to a nice exhibition on > reconstructions of sundials and other astronomical instruments in > Craveggia, Northern Italy. I have already seen a number of them and was > very impressed. > > They have been reconstructed by Guido Dresti from Craveggia and will be > exhibited from 27 of July to 1 of September this year. > > The collection consists of antique sundials and astronomical instruments, > all of which have been reconstructed by Guido Dresti. They are all fully > functional and the associated calculations stem from the precise movements > of the Sun and other celestial bodies. > > There are about fifty pieces, representing forty-two different > instruments, which in turn can be grouped into three types of sundial, nine > models of astrolabes and various astronomical instruments, such as the * > torquetum*, the armillary sphere, the moon volvelle, the *equatorium* of > Campano da Novara, and the *astrarium* of Giovanni Dondi. Additionally, > the collection includes a model of a monastic alarm clock and also > illustrates the application of the pendulum by Galileo to clock > escapements. The collection thereby admirably illustrates the transition > from measuring time using solely astronomical phenomena, to measuring time > using mechanical clocks. > > I really recommend your visit there! > > Best regards > > Juergen Hoefeld > > Here is a link to the exhibition leaflet: > > http://www.osservatoriogalilei.com/home/images/Eventi/Misura_del_tempo_Dresti.pdf >
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