I have recently seen a couple of dials which use a nought (a digit zero) in
place of XII, whereas the rest of the hour labels are in their usual roman
numeral forms. In other words, they run VI, VII...XI, 0, I, II...VI. One
dial is from the 1950s and the other from the 1960s. They are both
Can anyone possibly help me regarding a dial manufacturer that signs their
dials with a copyright symbol and the word 'Solstice'?
The police in the UK have recovered a stolen horizontal dial and have asked
me as BSS Registrar if we
can identify it and its owner. It is one of a few modern ones
Hi All,
Steve Lelievre wrote:
I have recently seen a couple of dials which use a nought (a digit zero) in
place of XII,... I've never seen this done on a clock,...
I am a clockmaker. I have repaired a lot of clocks and I have never seen
it on a clock either.
I suggest that the proximity
Steve,
I believe I have seen this use of 0 for noon very occasionally on English
vertical dials - although at the moment I can't think where! I believe Bob
Terwilliger is right - it's done for spacing reasons, and possibly the maker
isn't religious!
John
Bob, Steve, et. al.,
I have no knowledge of the origin of the practice of using
zero to mark noon, but there is as much logic as for
twelve, since it is the beginning, or zero, for P. M. hours,
and so can be expected to precede hours 1, 2, etc..
by an hour, especially with the sun's
- Original Message -
From: Bob Haselby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Clem Padin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Sundials in Vancouver?
Clem Padin wrote:
I'll be traveling to Vancouver in a couple of weeks. Any interesting
