RE: Golden Ratio and Sundials

in this design. See : http://www.cafepress.com/+spiral+clocks The dial you referred to was invented by Bill Gottesman and it takes the form of a 3D helix. regards From: rodwall1...@gmail.com [mailto:rodwall1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 2:36 PM To: John Carmichael; sundial@uni-koeln.de

RE: Brass or Bronze for Sundials.

Brass is used when you need a metal that can be easily tooled and manipulated (bent, drilled, hammered, cut, engraved and soldered) and is available in many shapes and specialized pieces (rods, strips, tubes, angles, wire, cable, screws, nuts, washers, finials, knobs, etc.). Your hardware store

RE: Re: Double analemma dials

Whenever I include analemmas on sundials, no matter how well I try to explain their function, people always get confused and find them difficult to use- especially children. I've seen that even dialists get confused too. So when I was asked to redesign and install a replacement dial for the

Is the Joke on Us?

Is the Joke on Us?

FW: Veteran's Memorial Aperture Dial - Anthem Arizona

Hello All: I just became aware of this beautiful monumental aperture dial in Anthem Arizona. I know nothing about the designer. -but is worth seeing. Note the elliptical apertures in the vertical stones. Subject: Veteran's Memorial - Anthem

RE: Moon dial.

Hello David: My suggestion would be to make an typical vertical east sundial and add a simple moonlight time conversion chart with simple instructions. I often make horizontal dials with these charts carved into the dial face. Perhaps the most famous of these sundials with moonlight time

Analemmatic Layout Method Drawing

Here's an even easier method. Just measure all time marks from the Solar Noon Mark. See Attachment. -Original Message- From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 7:27 AM To: 'Roger Bailey'; 'Robert Kellogg'; sundial

FW: Man Wants heliochronometer

This man wrote to me wanting to order a particular type of heliochronometer. I told him that I do not manufacture what he wants and that I would forward his resquest to The Sundial List. Perhaps one of you can sell him what he wants. See his description and photo below. Thx John

RE: sundial Digest, Vol 85, Issue 28

the reason for the climb is the guy has no watch. Are there any plans for that sundial? It looks like something buildable on a small lathe - (a scale model of course!). From: John Carmichael mailto:jlcarmich...@comcast.net jlcarmich...@comcast.net To: sundial

Man climbs Monumental Railway Sundial

A man somehow has managed to climb 30 feet up a shear vertical stone pinnacle to see this Monumental Railway Sundial! See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/8410528376/sizes/l/in/set-72157632 430552837/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/8410528452/sizes/l/in/set-72157632

RE: John Carmichael's Railway

/in/set-7215763243055283 7/ And here is a nighttime video at Christmas. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/8360391221/in/set-7215763243055283 7 John -Original Message- From: Jack Aubert [mailto:j...@chezaubert.net] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 4:21 PM To: 'John Carmichael

RE: John Carmichael's Railway

Thanks to all who wrote back. Who knew railroads would be popular with sundial guys. Nevertheless, this will be my last email to the Sundial list about this railroad since it IS a sundial List. Mac, you got me thinking that I might be able to avoid YOU TUBE and use Flickr instead to post a

RE: Railways and sundials

Here are a few other train station sundials: File:Templecombe http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Templecombe_station_sun_dial_half_pa st_three.jpg station sun dial half past three.jpg - Wikimedia ... commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Templecombe_station_sun_dial_half_past_three .jpg Sep 28,

RE: Elegant Gnomon

EXCELLENT! From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Tony Moss Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 2:11 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Elegant Gnomon Fellow Shadow Watchers, Following on from my posting about Google Images here

RE: Frank King on radio (online)

Loved the big buildup for Frank by the radio host with all the heraldic horns- suitable for a King! Thanks foe plugging PWS at the end and for talking about the art and science of sundials Good job Frank. John From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de

Sun City Sundial Re-dedication Ceremony

large. Virtually everything he did was bigger and better than what folks expected and he was the reason Sun City wasn't just an insignificant footnote in history. NASS member, John Carmichael discussed the unique gnomon that has four shadow casting edges. NASS member Simon Wheaton Smith was also

RE: BBC bans The B.C. and A.D.

precipitance’ to use such terms in science. Patrick From: Tony Finch mailto:d...@dotat.at Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:43 AM To: John mailto:jlcarmich...@comcast.net Carmichael Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: BBC bans The B.C. and A.D. John Carmichael jlcarmich

Unique Old British Sundial

While researching painted wall sundials, I came across a unique wonderful very old British painted dial made in 1755. Britain is NOT known for its painted dials. That honor belongs to the countries of central Europe. Old painted dials are rare everywhere except for the ones made from the

RE: Unique Old British Sundial

, October 01, 2011 10:01 AM To: John Carmichael; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Unique Old British Sundial Hi John, Perhaps this is an artistic Photoshop image. Check the link to Paul Grand's redbubble original image and this other on with a pelican. He says the image is a French Bridge

Video Animation of Vertical Wall Sundial

Here is a good video animation of a vertical wall sundial. http://www.rkm.com.au/animations/animation-vertical-sundial.html John C. John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email:

BBC bans The B.C. and A.D.

Britain's BBC has banned the use of B.C and A.D. when refering to dates! See: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/christians-outraged-after-bbc-bans-network-m entions-of-christ-centric-timestamps/ Is this happening anywhere else wonder?

RE: Longitude grid vector file

Sounds like it could be done on Delta Cad by hand or with a macro. John From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Chris Lusby Taylor Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 4:00 AM To: Astrovisuals; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Longitude grid

Sun City Sundial Re-dedication Ceremony Invitation

Hello Dialists: I have the great pleasure of telling you that the endangered monumental sundial in Sun City Arizona has been saved! The famous dial has been totally restored to its former glory. I think it’s even better than the original. And on Friday, October 7, a formal re-dedication

RE: Walking Shadow Riddle

irregularities, etc.) John From: Dave Bell [mailto:db...@thebells.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 6:43 PM To: 'John Carmichael'; 'Sundial List' Subject: RE: Walking Shadow Riddle Interesting question!! I couldn't get my head around it, either, so tried plotting

Walking Shadow Riddle

A Riddle: I was watching a dumb movie last weekend and there was a bit of dialogue that caught my attention. I'm sure this relates to sundials and mapping, but the answer eludes me. One of the characters was told by the wise man to: walk towards your shadow all day, starting at sunrise

RE: Flow of medieval glass

I once heard that glass is technically classified as a “super viscous liquid” at room temperature. I’m not sure how viscosity is measured (flow rate? resistance to movement? atomic structure?) But one would assume that anything that is viscous would flow. Wonder what would happen if you put a

Welsh SGS maker

I came across this website showing a company in Abergavenny Wales UK that makes SGS- Border Sundials See: http://www.bordersundials.co.uk/content/vertical_sundials.php Here you can see a stained glass sundial made by them. I could not find the name of the company owner. Does anybody on

RE: RE: mock stained glass sundial

Another possible explanation could be that antique glass panes were always hand rolled and had highly uneven thicknesses within the same sheets. Nowadays, most glass is “float” glass and has a uniform thickness. From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On

RE: mock stained glass sundial

...@onsneteindhoven.nl] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:29 AM To: Mike Shaw; ka...@karonadams.com; 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial Mike, Your question: * If you are going to allow your shadow to pass through two panes of glass, will refraction

RE: mock stained glass sundial

of an error on a big dial face than on a small dial face. Is my thinking wrong? Thx John p.s. From: fer de vries [mailto:ferdevr...@onsneteindhoven.nl] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:00 AM To: John Carmichael; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial

RE: mock stained glass sundial

, August 04, 2011 4:15 PM To: 'John Carmichael'; 'fer de vries'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial But, John, if you have a larger window, the glass is thicker and the space between both panes would be more, wouldn’t it? that means not only is your refraction error

RE: mock stained glass sundial

www.YellowRibbonRosaries.com From: John Carmichael [mailto:jlcarmich...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:24 PM To: ka...@karonadams.com; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial Karon- We might be able to help better you if you give us a little more information

FW: mock stained glass sundial

a photo of the display off list. John From: karon [mailto:ka...@karonadams.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 7:52 AM To: 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial I like the Nodus option. I can attach that to the Window Frame and go from

RE: mock stained glass sundial

It’s insignificant. From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:29 AM To: ka...@karonadams.com; 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial If you are going to allow your shadow to pass through two panes

RE: mock stained glass sundial

? There are several ways to do this. Here are two webpages that may help you: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/TechInfo.html http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/Bulletin/Bulletin-23ii-Carmichael.pdf John Carmichael From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de

RE: Passion - Shall we change this to End of Life Plans?

to include a sundial. It faces East and a few designs would look nice. (I have also spent several hours reading about cutting in stone that John Carmichael and others have so interestingly promoted.) On the appropriateness of the topic: Our minister gave a service one time on death

RE: facebook, anyone? / size of attachments

Hi Daniel: If some people still have dial up modems, you'll probably have to keep an attachment size limit. But 50 KBs is pretty small- even for dial up. Maybe you could increase the limit to 250 KB? And if somebody wants to share more KBs of photos, they can do it FOR FREE at Flickr.com John

RE: facebook, anyone?

I have no time for Facebook or Twitter. It’s hard enough to keep up with email! John Carmichael From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Bruvold Anne Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:55 AM To: Archie Kregear; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject

Power Grid Experiment Will Change Time

I heard that the US government will be conducting an experiment with the US power grid that will possibly cause all traditional electric clocks to run twenty minutes fast. According to Homeland Security: Beginning in July, electronic clocks in the United States could begin running as much as

RE: Shadows

degrees west. (What is your longitude by the way?) Hope this helps! Welcome to the group! John Carmichael From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of karon Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:49 PM To: 'Willy Leenders' Cc: 'Sundial List

RE: trying to simplify the math

are the ones that are beautiful and functional. We have room for everybody on the Sundial list. You just have to be interested in sundials, that’s all. You go girl! John Carmichael From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of karon Sent

New Stained Glass Sundial Installed

/Bulletin-23ii-Carmichael.pdf Stained Glass Sundial with a Magnetic Gnomon - John Carmichael (PDF 472 KB) And on Flickr, you can see the installation photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/5923432948/in/set-7215761644264681 4 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael

Oro Valley Dial at night-Time Exposure

I stumbled across this. Somebody went out at night and took a time exposure of the Oro Valley Sundial. It shows the stars rotating around the North Celestial Pole which the photographer aligned closely with the polar axis gnomon rod. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33119087@N02/5802285382/

RE: Multignomon Sundial

Dear Hannes, You said in your first email that your reason for wanting multiple gnomons was to avoid vandalism. I can't see why a vandal would find a multiple gnomon dial less inviting than a single gnomon dial. But let's assume you are right. You also said that this would be a wall dial.

RE: Multignomon Sundial

my informal think-tank, but I can feel much head-scratching ahead ;-) Hannes John Carmichael schrieb: Dear Hannes, You said in your first email that your reason for wanting multiple gnomons was to avoid vandalism. I can't see why a vandal would find a multiple gnomon dial less inviting

A Stained glass Sundial with a Magnetic Gnomon Article

For those that are interested, John Davis kindly made my BSS Bulletin article- A Stained glass Sundial with a Magnetic Gnomon available online as a PDF doc at http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/Bulletin/Bulletin-23ii-Carmichael.pdf Thanks John D! John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures

FW: sundial /Jacopo de'Benci

Hi Jan- I’m forwarding your letter and my comments to the Sundial List. Perhaps the sundial experts in our group can help you more than I can! ___ Hello Dialists: I received this

RE: Asking for advice, on starting-up a sundial business

Hi David: I doubt anyone can get rich by making sundials, but I could be wrong. One big reason for this is that by their very nature, good sundials can't be mass-produced. Every good sundial must be custom-designed and made. So every good dial has a high cost and must be sold at a higher price

RE: New Monumental Sundial in Oro Valley

More good questions Frank. You're giviing me some good ideas for talking points in my article. Answers below: -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 2:22 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Frank King'; 'Sundial List'; frank.k

RE: New Monumental Sundial in Oro Valley

to be fabricated and installed. And the Sundial Plaza needs to be built and landscaped. All this will be done soon I hope! -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:56 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Sundial List'; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk

RE: Are there any commercially-available 'Teaching Sundials', for schools ?

Hi Martina: I'm most curious. How in the world did your local Education Authority reach the absurd conclusion that interactive human analemmatics are dangerous for children. Do they outlaw hopscotch too? John Carmichael -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de

Ben Franklin's Sundial Coin

Several years ago at a NASS conference, Fred Sawyer gave us all a replica of America's first coin from 1787. I still have mine. It was designed by Benjamin Franklin and featured a sundial on the front side with the text Mind your Business. Could he have been refering to sundial makers just a

RE: Sundial house

How about this: On one of the buildings, design a southern facing roof. Angle the roof so that it is equal to the latitude. Then place a gnomon on the roof and make the entire southern roof into a giant polar sundial. Everyone in the village would be able to see and use it. John C.

FW: TV Program- Polish Sundials

My friend and our main sundial guy in Poland, Darek Oczki, got some great publicty for sundials in his country with this TV news broadcast. It's in Polish so you won't understand a word except for gnomonica. But viewers get to see Darek's collection of sundials and other sundials in Poland.

RE: bad sundials

I think Mike Shaw has a posting somewhere of horribly wrong sundials. Mike are you there? It would make a great webpage. -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Brent Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:39 PM To: Sundial

RE: Moscow sundial?

Some human analemmatics have footprints indicating where people should stand. From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Willy Leenders Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:38 AM To: Sundial List Subject: Re: Moscow sundial? As Roger already noted, most

RE: BSS Bulletin on DVD

, and it will be a wonderful resource. Congratulations to everybody involved at the BSS for putting this together. I’m sure it was a lot of work to get it done. I will contact Elspeth Hill at mem...@ehill80.fsnet.co.uk to order my copy! Thanks from all of us, John Carmichael From

RE: Moscow sundial?

Loved the human dial video! I sent the video link to a client in Michigan who is ordering a human sundial design. She thought it was fantastic. It will be a great selling tool for potential clients! Thx so much! John p.s. BTW, We are featuring Alek Boldyrev’s stained glass sundial

FW: Board elects to repair the sundial

. Can I please ask that you take the free advice that will be available from any of the officers of the North American Sundial Society (http://www.sundials.org/about_officers.php) or any of its more local members (perhaps John Carmichael at jlcarmich...@comcast.net ) so that all possible

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

all year! -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:04 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Frank King'; sundial@uni-koeln.de; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: part 2 of longitude correction Dear John, That is a fascinating map

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

, February 15, 2011 5:04 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Frank King'; sundial@uni-koeln.de; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: part 2 of longitude correction Dear John, I looked into your interesting assertion about the Equation of Time. You say: On the average, it is only off [mean time

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

Carmichael John -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:44 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: part 2 of longitude correction Dear John, Your inspiring message

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

think longitude corrected dials are more user-friendly. This is why Jim and I routinely make our dials with longitude correction. That's my two cents worth. John Carmichael From: Jack Aubert [mailto:jaub...@cpcug.org] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 9:14 AM To: 'John Carmichael

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 13-feb-2011, om 18:28 heeft John Carmichael het volgende geschreven: My friend, Jim Tallman and I have had many discussions

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Donald Christensen Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: part 2 of longitude correction I'm laying out lines for a new dial I may not have been clear. I don't

RE: part 2 of longitude correction

(I hit the wrong button in my last email and it went out without my letter- sorry!) Hi Donald: I understand your question, because I had this same question years ago when I was a beginner. The answer is no. To re-phrase your question so that everybody understands it, you are asking

RE: Google's Art Project and dialling

Hi Alexi: Zooming in on the polyhedral, I see faint blurry gnomon shadows. (~9:45 on the dial facing the viewer, and 10:15 on the equatorial) These are the types of fuzzy shadows one might see indoors coming from an indirect light source- like an open window that has light bouncing

New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished!

Hello Friends: My new stained glass sundial is finally finished! The client picks it up next week and will permanently install it in his living room window at his home in Boulder City Nevada. It measures 2 x 3 ft (or 61 x 91 cm). It took twice as much time to complete as I thought it would.

FW: Magnetic Gnomon (design 2)

stainless steel! Magnets don't attract it. John From: Dave Bell [mailto:db...@thebells.net] Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 12:45 PM To: 'John Carmichael' Subject: RE: Magnetic Gnomon (design 1) That would work perfectly, and look great, too. The plated steel disk could of course

RE: Magnetic Gnomon (design 2)

-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:07 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Cc: 'Bell, Dave' Subject: FW: Magnetic Gnomon (design 2) The magnets I ordered for testing arrived and I've completed testing them. I was surprised by what I

Magnetic Gnomon (design 1)

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a drawing of my magnetic gnomon design that I hope to use on the new stained glass window. To avoid glass cracking and breakage from an impact, the gnomon is held onto the sundial face with two magnets. One magnet is a round 1/16 thick, 1 diameter

RE: More on Sundial Magnets

I ordered several different sizes of the rare earth magnets yesterday for testing. They should arrive tomorrow. And I've come up with a magnetic gnomon design. If the tests work out well, I plan on using a magnetic gnomon on this new stained glass sundial that I'm constructing now. I will make

RE: More on Sundial Magnets

[mailto:fritz_stump...@fluidcomponents.com] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:47 AM To: John Carmichael Subject: RE: More on Sundial Magnets Hi again John, I like to try to have the gnomon mount so that it is a little higher up away from the surface of the dial. That way you get a nicer shaped layout than

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

the magnet is very flammable. Neodymium magnets should never be burned, as burning them will create toxic fumes. -Original Message- From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:29 PM To: John Carmichael Cc: Sundial List Subject: Re: Glass on Glass Mosaic

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

want to use a smaller size neodymium magnet with a gnomon for glass -Original Message- From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:29 PM To: John Carmichael Cc: Sundial List Subject: Re: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows John Nobody has

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

-D-A The largest mounting magnet they have is 3 with an incredible Pull Force of: 352.4 lbs http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MMS-D-Z0 John -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

it for us to see? John From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Tony Moss Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:28 AM To: Sundial Mailing List Subject: Re: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows On 04/01/2011 05:27, John Carmichael wrote: Oh

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

Mailing List Subject: Re: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows On 04/01/2011 05:27, John Carmichael wrote: Oh, by the way, on a related subject, I've been thinking about a neat way of firmly attaching a gnomon to a glass sundial that would prevent the glass from breaking if something

RE: Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

of rubber. With the sundial outside in the weather, over time the rubber will perish. Roderick Wall. From: John Carmichael http://mce_host/compose?to=jlcarmich...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:25 AM To: 'Sundial List' http://mce_host/compose?to=sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject

Glass on Glass Mosaic Indoor Sundial Windows

I'm always on the lookout for interesting and beautiful materials/techniques for making sundials. Today, I stumbled across a great one. I know of no sundials that have ever been made using this. It's called Glass on Glass Mosaics. These are small pieces of stained glass that are stuck onto

RE: Dialist's Companion

Hi Tracy: Dialist Companion WILL NOT WORK on 64-bit computers! Fred Sawyer and I investigated this thoroughly several months ago when I got a new 64-bit computer and like you, found out that it doesn't work. Thanks to Ricardo Cernic and Carl Sabanski, there is a workable solution.

RE: stop the earth

This webpage says you can see see them if the conditions are right: 28. Geostationary satellites form a belt around the celestial equator. Observing these objects can be fun during the equinoxes when active solar arrays tend to be favorably oriented causing the normally 12-14th magnitude objects

RE: Sundial Information

Of John Carmichael Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:43 AM To: 'Sundial Mailing List' Subject: FW: Sundial Information Hi Dialists: I received this intriguing letter from Ohio State University. The writer talks about an old publication called The Sundial. And then asked me if I am aware

FW: Sundial Information

:20 AM To: jlcarmich...@comcast.net Subject: Sundial Information Dear John Carmichael, I am currently reviving a humor magazine titled The Sundial at The Ohio State University. In old issues of The Sundial, I often see an owl on top of the drawn images of sundials. Is there any association

RE: What can be calculated with a sun dial?

The apparent diameter of the sun? The location of the North Star (Polaris) The declination of the wall to which it's attached Moon Time The name of the sundial maker The scientific awareness of the owner From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On

RE: Sad news for the Sundial Community

Dave was a friend of mine. He made brass cone gnomons for some of my sundials. I had no idea that he had died! Thank you for telling us. His business was a small one with no employees. He made everything himself in his shop. The last time I saw him, he had a few of his sundial prototypes at

Is This True?

Yesterday, I received an email from a fellow dialist containing the following link to an article written by some group called The Canada Free Press. He wanted to know if I could confirm its veracity. I've heard nothing about it. Have you? In the article it says this, among other things,

RE: Is This True?

http://errortheory.blogspot.com/2007/10/answer-to-riddle-2-why-did-paul-murd och.html From: Richard Mallett [mailto:100114@compuserve.com] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:43 PM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List' Subject: Re: Is This True? On 14/10/2010 17:17

RE: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

the dial. It will get shaded by the eave in the early mornings and late afternoons all year long, but this is to be expected! John From: Roger Bailey [mailto:rtbai...@telus.net] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 9:55 PM To: R Wall; John Carmichael; 'Sundial Mailing List' Subject: Re

RE: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed

! -Original Message- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:36 PM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List'; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: New Porcelain Wall Sundial Installed Dear John, That is a great dial. I

RE: Another Sundial with VI at Midday...

It's BEAUTIFUL Frank! Thanks for the link. Margaret will be happy. John -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Frank King Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 9:18 AM To: sundial Subject: Another Sundial with VI at

new large porcelain sundial

Thought you might like to see some photos of a new 38 porcelain sundial I did for a client in Canada. This is the largest porcelain dial I've ever done. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/ John ---

RE: Sundials and Google Maps

I'd like to it please. Maps on dial faces are a GREAT design concept. Here's two PWS map dials: http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Dials/PWS_275a.jpg http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Dials/PWS_410a.jpg John L. Carmichael From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de

My New Sundials

I have made a new 32 stone sundial that will soon be installed at Yanney Heritage Park in Kearney Nebraska. I just thought you'd like to see it because the stone is so odd. Also, I've designed a new 32 colored porcelain wall sundial for a home near Toronto Canada. It is under construction

RE: Creating .EPS file format for sundials..

Hi Rod: I just ordered a porcelain dial to be made by a porcelain company. They also wanted the file in ESP format. ESP is a native Photoshop Elements format. I simply opened my file in Photoshop Elements and saved it as an ESP file. Easy! But you need to have Photoshop Elements to do

RE: Creating .EPS file format for sundials..

I wrote ESP, but I meant to say EPS. Photoshop does EPS. (thanks Larry for catching that) John From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of R Wall Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:35 PM To: sundial Subject: Creating .EPS file format for sundials..

RE: Do the Police really object, to interactive 'Human Sundial' features?

Hello Linda: I read you letter of concern about builing a public human sundial. I was shocked and upset to see the following outrageous comments at: www.sunclocks.com/pics/fs-015.htm Keep in mind, that some of the Sunclocks http://www.sunclocks.com/index.htm sited within a public area, will

The Jacobs Glass Sphere Dial

Hello Fred (cc Sundial List): I enjoyed reading about the Jacobs glass sphere dial in the recent issue of the Compendium as I have not been up to the mountain and have not seen it in person. I had forgotten that I had discovered the Jacobs glass sphere dial at Kitt Peak several months ago

RE: Equinoctial Announcement (slate)

[mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:24 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Frank King'; 'sundial list'; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: Equinoctial Announcement Dear John, Many thanks. Several people have asked the same question... Is that real gold leaf gilding? Yes

RE: Sundial exhibition

Hi Aleks: Those limestone sculptures would make great nodus-based cone gnomons for a horizontal dial! This idea might be worth considering for a future sundial project. John -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of

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