Dear Brad et al,
I have enjoyed this thread and you ask one
crucial question which is more difficult to
answer than many might think...
In the meantime, could you tell me what
the latitude of the place of interest is?
This question is flawed. The final word should
not be is but was!
In
Dear friends! Have a look to Switzerland!
Genaueste Sonnenuhr der Welt steht im Engadin
Auf Muottas Muragl auf 2456 Meter über Meer ist am Donnerstag die
genaueste Sonnenuhr der Welt eingeweiht worden.
*
http://www.bote.ch/vermischtes/genaueste-sonnenuhr-der-welt-steht-im-eng
adin
Quelle:
Its an interesting dial and looks well engineered, but there sure isnt
much information around about it.
Appears to be an Equatorial dial with rotating outer ring to adjust for EoT
and Summer Time, but I dont see how one *reads* it.
That tiny axial pin is useless as a gnomon except at the
Hello
Two weeks ago me and my girlfriend had a trip through north part of Poland
(Warmia and Mazury - famous for huge lakes, forests and a big number of
storks). We had visited over 20 little towns and villages searching for
sundials and were lucky to see 36 pieces. If anyone would like to
On Sundial Atlas there is the card of this sundial with 4 pdf files attached,
one of them with technical info. All of them are in german.
www.sundialatlas.eu/atlas.php?so=CH220
ciao Fabio
Fabio Savian
fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it
Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy
45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1
Thanks Fabio,
The link you provided Sine Sole Sileo has a link to a pdf that gives
instructions in several languages including English. Here is a direct link:
http://objects.estm.xiag.ch/images/Bergbahnen/Bedienungsanleitung_Sonnenuhr_Balken.pdf
Regards, Roger Bailey
From: Fabio nonvedolora
Hello Frank and all,
You raise an interesting point . At first I thought that we should not
confuse human time, 25,000 years with geological time, 25 million years.
Then I reconsidered. We tend to think in terms of the Rock of Ages, solid
enduring and unmoving, not considering the geological
If I'm not mistaken:
25,000 x 6 mm = 150,000 mm = 150m, not 1500m
Did you mean cm?
On 2012-06-25 0:11, Roger Bailey wrote:
At this time I am moving 6 mm per year towards the east, as determined
by precise GPS and laser surveys. Over 25,000 years this movement is a
mile, 1.5 km and a lot of
