One more interesting titbit regarding filar gnomons: in 1968 Romanian-born
German-language poet Paul Celan published the poem "Fadensonnen" which you
can listen to at the link below as read aloud by its author:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV_7AVKyBpo
The English translation of "Threadsuns"
Prague switched to Central European Time in 1912."
Regards, Roger Bailey
aka "arby101ca"
From: Dan-George Uza
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 9:55 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Gnomon filaris mystery
Hello,
Catholic bishop Batthyany Ignac established one of the fir
