Hi, John,
Since you like the Duixons sundial, I put on two more pictures of it. One
from another angle and may give you more idea about its 3D structure. The
other is the plaque on the ground in front of the dial. It is about the
designer's name and the date it was made.
See
Hello ChiLian
I do not see any photos at this webpage. It appears to be asking us for
Member ID's and/or passwords. But I can't read it because it is in Chinese.
John
From: 587...@gmail.com [mailto:587...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Chiu ?,Chi
lian
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:08 AM
Hi, John,
Thank you for pointing out my error. The correct webpage should be
http://photo.xuite.net/nycl.chiu/1477368/134.jpg#support_xuite
and
http://photo.xuite.net/nycl.chiu/1477368/135.jpg#support_xuite
The one gave in the last mail was for me to use only. I copied that by
mistake while I
Hi Chiu, John all,
The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
gentleman checking his watch against a spiral sundial in a rainy scene.
Hopefully the attachment (26 kB) makes it to the List.
The photo is from Heinz Schumacher, Sonnenuhren. According to the
caption,
Do not forget the very interesting sundial by Piet Hein as well which
is based on the helix.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Frans W. Maes f.w.m...@rug.nl wrote:
Hi Chiu, John all,
The sundial by Duixans (1984) reminds me of the well-known photo of a
gentleman checking his watch against a
Friends,
Another example is seen at our website .
Follow links:
work of members
archives 2008
month 08-07 (July)
Best wishes,
Fer J. de Vries
De Zonnewijzerkring
http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl
Molens
http://www.collsemolen.dse.nl
Eindhoven, Netherlands
lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
Hi Alexei all,
Interesting, yes. If only because the dial doesn't work properly. At
least, not always. Around the equinox, a sharp-edged shadow is cast on
both sides of the strip, perpendicular to the strip's axis, and the hour
marks are correct. Towards the solstices, the shadow boundary on
Th. Taudin Chabot wrote:
Richard,
We have been thinking in the Netherlands of doing the same. But
Google is too good! Many owners fear even the publishing of an address
as a kind of invitation for people who would like to 'borrow' their
sundial from the garden.
For that reason we
Why not put together a sundial trail in an area of interest known to you?
In order to increase interest in sundials generally, The British Sundial
Society and Sundials on the Internet have come together jointly to
promote a prize for the best sundial trail to be developed in 2009.
This
Hello, Frans, John and all!
This beautiful sundial is no more in Alpicat. Two or three years ago, it has
been transferred to Lleida. Below is the entry in our Register.
The author is J.M. Cots Masana.
The present address is: Camps Elisis, barri de Cappont, in Lleida,
Catalonia, Spain.
Cordially,
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