Thank you to everyone who has replied to my question about the labeling
of noon.
Summary of responses received:
Due to space constraints, a label of XII is sometimes replaced by
something narrower. I'll hazard a guess that the use of Roman I, in the
example I saw at Knox United Church,
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To: Steve Lelievre<mailto:steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com>
Cc: Sundial sundiallist<mailto:sundial@uni-koeln.de>
Subject: Re: Hour label question
Hi Steve,
my first thought: I (as XII) as single line to be correct at the noon line.
Getting the geometrical center of XII is
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As XII is a large number 0 is often used for noon.
Roger Bailey
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From: Kurt Niel
Sent: September 25, 2018 12:16 AM
To: Steve Lelievre
Cc: Sundial sundiallist
Subject: Re: Hour label question
Hi Steve,
my first thought: I (as XII) as single line to be correct
Hi Steve,
my first thought: I (as XII) as single line to be correct at the noon line.
Getting the geometrical center of XII is not that easy.
Kurt
Steve Lelievre schrieb am Mo., 24. Sep.
2018, 22:55:
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Today I visited a sundial that I had not viewed before.
I got myself in quite a muddle when I tried to check its technical
quality. The first thing I looked for was a noon gap. There was none but
I noted the noon position was labeled with a roman number I, which I
took to mean the hours are
