RE: Sundials in the movies

2005-02-24 Thread J. Tallman
Hello all, In the Bond film GoldenEye (at 23 minutes) there is a Pilkington Gibbs heliochronometer.Strangely it's on the rail of a yacht, but I guess the set dressing people had just been told to find something scientific and brassy to put there. For a couple of frames it fills the

Diptych Sundial

2005-02-24 Thread Robert Terwilliger
There's an "Ivory Diptych Sundial signed 'Albrecht Karner 1662'"on eBay. Item number: 7301518878 or: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z3DE21C8A Bob

Re: Sundials in the movies

2005-02-24 Thread Len Berggren
Dear Ian, Thanks for the information and photo. And the reference to the Simpsons episode is much appreciated as well! Best wishes, Len Len Berggren -

Re: Magnetic Gnomon Attachment

2005-02-24 Thread Jack Aubert
drive. You have to be careful because can smash your fingers playing with them. Jack At 02:47 PM 2/1/2005, tony moss wrote: John Carmichael commented; Anyway, I've been thinking that for some future project, that it would be possible to attach the gnomon to the SGS using a magnet.