Re: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)
Hi Ian
Very interesting story. The equatorial Tower Dial is a great sundial.
Regards,
Roderick Wall.
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From: "Ian Maddocks" <ian_maddo...@hotmail.com>
To: "sundial@uni-koeln.de" <sundial@uni-koeln.de>
Subject: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge
Equatorial)
Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 8:06 AM
hi folks
Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with the sundial in the middle
of the attached screengrab from Instagram #sundial?
It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in London
Answer below.
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The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous equatorial in London by Wendy
Taylor but a copy in Shanghai, China.
I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial
(https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/) looking for new dials we
haven't recorded in the BSS Register. Back in September I saw the dial as you
see it in the screen grab. "It's the dial by Tower Bridge", I thought, "been
there, seen that" but something about the photo processing ("nice" HDR, ie not
over-done to my tastes) made me click through. "But hang on those aren't the
warehouses on the south side of the Thames , they're skyscrapers, it's tagged
Shanghai !" To see the original posting click
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo , though I originally
saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there were no comments.
I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who confirmed it wasn't an official
copy. I managed to find its location and she started to work out what could be
done about it.
Although they don't have StreetView in China there are some privately uploaded
photospheres on Google Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks of the
Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all one link)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352
Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy has just been in touch with
the end to the story At the end of November the story was run in The
Independent UK newspaper.Second British artist accuses China of copying
work after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted in Shanghai :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-british-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a7441076.html
then just four days later Chinese authorities destroy Shanghai sculpture
exposed as copy of British artist's iconic London work :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448326.html
It also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily 'Wonderful news' for UK
sculptor
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/shdaily.shtml
and has been picked up by other media , see
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial
Wishing you all a Happy New Year
Ian Maddocks
Chester, UK
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Re: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)
Shanghai is at 31º N and London at 51º N. Shanghai's clock looks
less inclined than London's!
Happy New Year
El 29/12/2016 a las 22:06, Ian Maddocks
escribió:
hi folks
Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with
the sundial in the middle of the attached screengrab
from Instagram #sundial?
It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in
London
Answer below.
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous
equatorial in London by Wendy Taylor but a copy in
Shanghai, China.
I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/)
looking for new dials we haven't recorded in the BSS
Register. Back in September I saw the dial as you see
it in the screen grab. "It's the dial by Tower Bridge",
I thought, "been there, seen that" but something about
the photo processing ("nice" HDR, ie not over-done to my
tastes) made me click through. "But hang on those
aren't the warehouses on the south side of the Thames
, they're skyscrapers, it's tagged Shanghai !" To see
the original posting click
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo , though I
originally saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there
were no comments.
I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who
confirmed it wasn't an official copy. I managed
to find its location and she started to work
out what could be done about it.
Although they don't have StreetView in China there
are some privately uploaded photospheres on Google
Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks of the
Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all
one link)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11t/data="">
Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy
has just been in touch with the end to the story
At the end of November the story was run in The
Independent UK newspaper.
Second British artist accuses China of copying work
after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted
in Shanghai :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-british-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a7441076.html
then just four days later Chinese authorities
destroy Shanghai sculpture exposed as copy of British
artist's iconic London work :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448326.html
It also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily ‘Wonderful
news’ for UK sculptor
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/shdaily.shtml
and has been picked up by other media , see https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial
Wishing you all a Happy New Year
Ian Maddocks
Chester, UK
53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W
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RE: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower Bridge Equatorial)
what is wrong with the sundial?
No shadow - even though the dial itself is casting a shadow.
In which case there may be nothing wrong with the dial, but with the
photograph.
(?)
Bob
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From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Ian
Maddocks
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 4:07 PM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Quick Sundial Quiz - What's the matter with this dial? (Tower
Bridge Equatorial)
hi folks
Here's your quick Christmas quiz - what is wrong with the sundial in the
middle of the attached screengrab from Instagram #sundial?
It's the famous equatorial dial near Tower Bridge in London
Answer below.
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
The answer is that it's NOT actually the famous equatorial in London by
Wendy Taylor but a copy in Shanghai, China.
I regularly trawl through Instagram #sundial
(https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sundial/) looking for new dials we
haven't recorded in the BSS Register. Back in September I saw the dial as
you see it in the screen grab. "It's the dial by Tower Bridge", I thought,
"been there, seen that" but something about the photo processing ("nice"
HDR, ie not over-done to my tastes) made me click through. "But hang on
those aren't the warehouses on the south side of the Thames , they're
skyscrapers, it's tagged Shanghai !" To see the original posting click
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7UULOjxhs/?taken-by=gwctoo , though I
originally saw it 3 hours after it was posted when there were no comments.
I contacted Wendy Taylor via her website who confirmed it wasn't an official
copy. I managed to find its location and she started to work out what could
be done about it.
Although they don't have StreetView in China there are some privately
uploaded photospheres on Google Maps.The dial can be seen on the banks
of the Huangpu River in the following photosphere (yes it's all one link)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@31.2289389,121.5018597,3a,75.1y,125.54h,87.11
t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-3srhU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpA
ywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-3sr
hU91AL7E%2FV0MHA9iTjeI%2FDDY%2FpbHLMS1yqpAywGmRoyiLM5U87B5eLItmACLIB
%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352
Anyway I had forgotten about all it this but Wendy has just been in touch
with the end to the story At the end of November the story was run in
The Independent UK newspaper.Second British artist accuses China of
copying work after statue 'identical' to London sculpture spotted in
Shanghai :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copies-sculpture-b
ritish-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-london-shanghai-anish-kapoor-a744
1076.htmlthen just four days later Chinese authorities destroy
Shanghai sculpture exposed as copy of British artist's iconic London work :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/china-copy-art-sculpture
-shanghai-london-wendy-taylor-timepiece-tower-bridge-sundial-destroyed-a7448
326.htmlIt also was mentioned in the Shanghai Daily Wonderful news
for UK sculptor
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Wonderful-news-for-UK-sculptor/sh
daily.shtmland has been picked up by other media , see
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=wendy+taylor+shanghai+sundial
Wishing you all a Happy New Year
Ian Maddocks
Chester, UK
53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W
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