Michael,
For sure.
I simply ignored the possibility of Babylonian Hours because I
personally don't think they have much practical use (to the extent that
any sundial has practical use these days). For a dial showing hours to
sunset, on the other hand, I do see some hint of practical use. It will
tell me if I have time to mow the lawn or finish painting the fence
before it gets dark, and so on. As well, for observers of some
religions, a sunset dial could be used to know approximately how much
time is left until, for example, the Sabbath starts or until a daytime
fast can be broken.
Steve
On 2020-04-22 5:52 a.m., Michael Ossipoff wrote:
Because the dial is a translucent-double one, with gnomons on both
sides of the dial-plate, it would tell time all day, and so it could
give Babylonian-hours in addition to co-Italian hours.
On a single dial, with everything on the same dial-face, it would
avoid clutter to show Babylonian hours only in the morning, and
co-Italian hours only in the evening. But, with the very wide hole in
the wall, there's easily room for 3 dials, with one exclusively for
Babylonian and co-Italian, and so it wouldn't be cluttered to show
both for all day.
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