This man wrote to me wanting to order a particular type of heliochronometer. I
told him that I do not manufacture what he wants and that I would forward his
resquest to The Sundial List. Perhaps one of you can sell him what he wants.
See his description and photo below.
Thx
John
That is an Aten Sundial made by J. D. Gard
http://atensundials.com
Sadly Mr Gard has died and I do not know if the business has been continued by
his wife. The website invites e-mail enquiries and no longer gives prices.
These dials are latitude adjustable, correctable for longitude and summer
I wonder if there is an upper weight limit on portable sundials. Back in the
old days of computers, there was a luggable category - maybe we should revive
this as a sundial classification. Even with substantial material cutouts, a
30-40 cm brass dial would be a candidate.
With m y Wild
A friend of mine came across a very nice portable equatorial dial. Other
than being well made, it is interesting in that all the location engraved on
the dial except one, are in the western hemisphere, mostly in or around
Mexico or in the Caribbean.
I made a web page:
Dear Bob,
Thanks for posting this. I am currently researching sundials made in Europe
for American customers. It is an interesting sundial-clearly French, very
similar to one signed by Moreau, Paris, in the Adler Planetarium. That example
also has Latin American and Caribbean locales.
Good Afternoon
Always nice to know that David is still remembered for his beautiful
instrument. I had high hopes of continuing the building of the Aten
Heliochronometer after his death but as I am no machinist, I was unable to find
anyone to make the dial at a reasonable cost.
My sincere
