Re: Sundial in BBC series

[Thibaud Taudin Chabot]

No it was not an Egyption dial. It was a round horintal dial, 
greenish in colour, I guess bronze.
Now with picture attached

At 22:00 19-8-2013, Willy Leenders wrote:
Thibaud,
I did not see the broadcast but read the English subtitles at this 
address: 
<http://tvguide.lastown.com/bbc/preview/precision/the-measure-of-all-things-1-time-and-distance.html>http://tvguide.lastown.com/bbc/preview/precision/the-measure-of-all-things-1-time-and-distance.html 

It is apparently the Egyptian sundial from 1500 BC.
On my website you can see an article about this sundial.
In Dutch: 
<http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypte.html>http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypte.html
In English: 
<http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypteengels.html>http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypteengels.html

Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)

Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg 
(Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in 
Dutch): <http://www.wijzerweb.be>http://www.wijzerweb.be




Op 19-aug-2013, om 20:49 heeft Thibaud Taudin Chabot het volgende geschreven:

Yesterday (sunday) I saw the first  part of the new BBC serie "The 
story of measurement" on BBC4.
In it was a horizontal sundial of questionabvle design. The style 
foot was situated on the XII mark and the shadow was crossing many hourlines.
I can't imagine that BBC didn't do any serious research and used a 
fancy sundial and even didn't notice that the shadows weren't 
matching the hourlines.
Or did my TV having troubles? You never know in this digital era.
Thibaud

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