curch interior dial
Greetings fellow dialists, Re the dial on the inside north wall of Dalton-le-Dale church thanks for the numerous responses. Here is a very tentative proposal until more data appears. It is clear that while the Stations of the Cross currently number fourteen this was not always so. The numbers at Dalton start at seven which, assuming symmetry, suggests a different total. I did not mention that to the east of number twelve there is a stray number one which may be part of a larger number or may have been just transferred from the now bare south wall once the meaning was lost. Let us suppose that the numbers stood under pictures of the Stations of the Cross six hundred years ago and let us suppose that the puritans deleted the pictures in the seventeenth century, leaving the numbers. Then over time the meaning of the numbers might be lost and a new myth arose that they were associated with timekeeping. According to Mrs. Gatty the numbers have been renewed so they must have had some significance to the congregation. More, I hope, later. Frank 55N 1W. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 14/05/2006 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
museum dials
I thought Sara Schechner's scholarly identifications of Marcin Egert's photographs was quite breathtaking. Frank 55N 1W -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 14/05/2006 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Seeking advice, on starting a 'sundial business'
In a message dated 5/13/2006 10:54:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been involved in a "sundial business" for about a year and a half. The best way to make a small fortune in a sundial business is to start with a large one. Good luck!! Paul Amen to that. -Bill Gottesman --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: museum dials
Thanks!! That's what they pay me for. :-) Sara At 10:03 AM 5/15/2006, Frank Evans wrote: I thought Sara Schechner's scholarly identifications of Marcin Egert's photographs was quite breathtaking. Frank 55N 1W Sara Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Department of the History of Science Harvard University, Science Center 251c Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-9542 Fax: 617-496-5932 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Sundial Motif to Be Featured on New Canadian $10 Coin
A Canadian $10 silver coin to be launched today celebrating the Fortress of Louisbourg includes sundial numerals along its circumference alluding to the sundial that was found during an archaeological dig at the historic sight. A PDF flyer describing the coin is available on request or you can find it on the Royal Canadian Mint Web site. -- Richard Langley === Richard B. LangleyE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics EngineeringPhone:+1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ === --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: AW: Clever stuff!
Tony Indeed these things have been around for a good few years! I have still an article in a lasers/optics trade magazine from December 1997 when the technique was first announced by the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden.Only one laser is involved, a short pulse Nd:YLF Neodinium : Yttrium something Fluoride. The focal spot is so small that the damage spot is made ony where you want it. Several years ago laser oranments started appearing in shops and in Chester too there's a shop doing an almost while you wait service zapping the block in a little cubicle within the shop. I;ve never been in to ask if they;ll take a TurboCAD dxf instead of scanning you head! For making Spectra like sundials these would be so-so, so long as you've calculated out the refraction to the depth of construction, ie the zapped glass is the receiving surface, not as good as sandblasting though. And (after 2 minutes experimentation with the ornament off my windowsill) i don't think that enough glass would ever be destroyed to make a dense/opaque enough gnomon also in the glass. regards Ian Chester UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:48 PM Subject: Re: AW: Clever stuff! I too have seen this technique used over the past four or five years. The son of a friend was busy developing the technique with his company then. Such pieces have been commonly sold as paperweights and ornamental pieces for quite a while. In fact last year there was a company in a local shopping Mall (Milton Keynes in the UK) who were producing 3d portraits while you waited. They took a couple of photographs which were scanned and then about 15 minutes later, hey presto , a 3d portrait inside a glass paperweight. They were doing great business. But as for a sundial, I don't think so, call me a sceptic. Terry Quoting Hannes Kühtreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: this laser engraving technique is not new at all, I remember seeing some pieces more then five years ago, and they were nothing new then. however, due to legal disputes about the patent the method is not -or has not been- widely used. I am not sure it would be very useful for sundials. You'd have to produce a very tight layer of dots to show the shadow well. While the newer machines can produce much finer dots (I think the piece in your picture was made by an older model), they are still far from it. why not sandblast the backside of a plate of glass? hannes --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
