Compass doesn't look quite right - if it's German I might expect East to be written as Ost.
*Patrick Vyvyan* *Presidente* *Corporación Cultural de Putaendo* On 20 February 2017 at 12:22, Michael Ossipoff <email9648...@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem genuine to me. > > It isn't just that there doesn't seem to be a way of moving the upper end > of the string to the other latitude-marks. It's also that you can't just > change the angle of the gnomon, for a different latitude, and use the same > hour-lines. > > So there seems to be no purpose for the latitude-marks on the inside of > the vertical, piece--other than to make it look adjustable for latitude. > > Michael Ossipoff > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Dan-George Uza <cerculdest...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> There's a diptych sundial on sale for about 80 euros supposedly dating >> from 1920. >> >> Do you think this is genuine? I think it is a modern replica. >> >> http://anticariatulnou.ro/diverse/antichitati-artizanat-cole >> ctionabile/cadran-solar-cu-busola-antica-din-lemn-diptic.html >> >> The string does not seem to be adjustable for latitude, I see only one >> hole (it's fixed at 42 deg.). Why then go through the trouble of printing >> the latitudes for European cities on the back? >> >> One thing I find interesting is the plumb bob and the orifice on the >> vertical plate. I think it is meant to align the piece to the vertical. I >> haven't seen this before. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dan Uza >> Romania >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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