RE: St. Margareth
Dear Reinhold, Thank you for sharing that link http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html and that picture of the fine St Margaret's, Westminster sundials. I believe they were designed by Chris Daniel and made by Brookbrae but am open to correction. Something about them which has always caused me to wonder is the absence of hours from about 6 to 8 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. on the North dial, which only shows hours before 6 a.m. and after 6 p.m. - not the whole time the Sun is to the North at midsummer. I can think of at least two possible reasons: - firstly, having the gnomon planted as it is in the ring, and near the edge, would make the space for them insignificantly small. - secondly, the projecting corner turrets of the church tower probably shade the dial until the Sun is some way North of due East or due West. The North gnomon could have been designed differently but would then be less like an inverted version of the South gnomon and this would reduce the overall symmetry. Of course, having also East and West dials means there is no shortage of somewhere to read the time during these hours. Can anyone comment on this? Regards Andrew James Secure Meters (UK) Ltd. is a registered company in England: 2199653 Secure House, Moorside Road, Winchester, SO23 7RX This correspondence is confidential and solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this correspondence from your system and notify the sender immediately. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Moore Sundial stolen
A bronze sculpture worth £500,000 stolen from the former home of British artist and sculptor Henry Moore has been recovered by detectives after a televised appeal for information. The Sundial, created by Moore in 1965 as a working model for a larger sculpture, was found at an undisclosed location after an inquiry by Hertfordshire Police led to the arrest of three men on suspicion of theft. ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177140/Stolen-bronze-Henry-Moore-sculpture-worth-500-000-recovered-following-TV-appeal.html Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2012, at 8:20 AM, JOHN DAVIS john.davi...@btopenworld.com wrote: Hi Josef et al, Thanks for that link. The theft of the sundial made yesterdays TV news here in East Anglia - perhaps the first time a sundial has featured there (and for all the wrong reasons...). It is worth pointing out that the dial which was stolen was a small-scale replica of the large dial which was at The Times and has recently been installed in Germany. It was only about 1 metre high, so you may guess what the full-size version might be worth. Regards, John -- Dr J Davis Flowton Dials --- On Fri, 13/7/12, Josef Pastor j.pas...@gmx.de wrote: From: Josef Pastor j.pas...@gmx.de Subject: Moore Sundial stolen To: 'Sonnenuhrliste Uni Köln' sundial@uni-koeln.de Date: Friday, 13 July, 2012, 16:11 Dear Dialists, Henry Moore´s Sundial 1965 has been stolen from Perry Green, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday evening or in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The details have the News agency Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/13/us-britain-statue-moore-idUSBRE86C 0HX20120713?feedType=RSSfeedName=lifestyleMolt Best regards Josef Pastor --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: St. Margareth
Thank you for sharing this dial. It is a great example of the quiet strength of simple design elements. The blue background with white lines and numbers is friendly to the eye and eye-catching at the same time. The symmetry of the annular dials surrounding the round stain glass windows is very satisfying. Bravo to the designer for keeping it understated and without furniture. -Bill On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Reinhold Kriegler reinhold.krieg...@gmx.dewrote: ** Dear friends, ** ** did you see already the “sundial of the month *August”* at Joël Robic’ssplendid website on b **eh**alf of the Olympic Games… http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/cadrans-Londres-saint-margareth.html Regards, Reinhold Kriegler ** ** ** ** *** * ** *Reinhold R. Kriegler* *Lat. 53° 6' 52,6 Nord; Long. 8° 53' 52,3 Osthttp://www.ta-dip.de/sonnenuhren/meine-sonnenuhren.html **; 48 m ü. N.N. ** *GMT +1 (DST +2) *www.ta-dip.de* *http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html*http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html * * http://www.ta-dip.de/salon-der-astronomen/bewohner-des-salons-der-astronomen.html ** ** --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial image001.jpg--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Moore Sundial stolen
Luke Great News ! thanks Kevin On 22 Jul 2012, at 17:41, Luke Coletti wrote: A bronze sculpture worth £500,000 stolen from the former home of British artist and sculptor Henry Moore has been recovered by detectives after a televised appeal for information. The Sundial, created by Moore in 1965 as a working model for a larger sculpture, was found at an undisclosed location after an inquiry by Hertfordshire Police led to the arrest of three men on suspicion of theft. ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177140/Stolen-bronze-Henry-Moore-sculpture-worth-500-000-recovered-following-TV-appeal.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: St. Margareth
Hi Bill, I believe the lines on the dials are described by the designer (Chris Daniel, the BSS President) as being 'platinum', and the blue colour as 'enamelled' - I'm not sure if these are forms of 'gilding' and 'vitreous enamel', respectively. Regards, John -- Dr J Davis Flowton Dials --- On Wed, 1/8/12, Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net wrote: From: Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net Subject: Re: St. Margareth To: Reinhold Kriegler reinhold.krieg...@gmx.de Cc: Sundial Mailingliste sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Date: Wednesday, 1 August, 2012, 14:00 Thank you for sharing this dial. It is a great example of the quiet strength of simple design elements. The blue background with white lines and numbers is friendly to the eye and eye-catching at the same time. The symmetry of the annular dials surrounding the round stain glass windows is very satisfying. Bravo to the designer for keeping it understated and without furniture. -Bill --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
