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
There's an "Ivory Diptych Sundial signed 'Albrecht Karner
1662'"on eBay.
Item number: 7301518878
or:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z3DE21C8A
Bob
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
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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.