John Carmichael wrote:
It no longer is there [Nun Appleton Hall] and I don't know when it was
removed. It now resides in lightbox for display at entrance to York Art
Gallery.
And p.s. Do they allow people to visit that vestibule area?
Last time I was in York (August 2007) it was no longer on
Hi John,
It's quite common for old (and even not-so-old) photos to be inadvertently
printed in reverse. There was an example quite recently of a dial on a glass
lantern slide printed in reverse in the BSS Bulletin. And there is a modern
dialling book with a famous painting reversed...
Dear John,
I am convinced that the picture is reversed. If you look at the hour
numerals you will see that they travel wrongly too - they should go clockwise
when seen from inside. Perhaps it is a picture of a Southern Hemisphere Dial?
;-)
Regards,
Mike Cowham
I just noticed
Carmichael ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
Dear John,
I am convinced that the picture is reversed. If you look at the hour
numerals you will see that they travel wrongly too - they should go clockwise
when seen from
Appleton Dial Mystery
Hi John,
It's quite common for old (and even not-so-old) photos to be inadvertently
printed in reverse. There was an example quite recently of a dial on a glass
lantern slide printed in reverse in the BSS Bulletin. And there is a modern
dialling book with a famous painting
I just had a thought.
Couldn't we tell if the black white photo is reversed if we could see how
the garden of the Nun Appleton looks today? If any of those trees that we
see in the black and white photo are still alive, then we could tell if the
photo is reversed.
The left and right
I think the b/w photo has to be reversed.
Here is the photo reversed in Photoshop -
http://www.rosscaldwell.com/images/astronomy/sgsundialrev.jpg
The inscription reads correctly from the inside now. Secondly, the colour photo
should have been taken from inside, since there is a major light
: John Carmichael
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: RE: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
I just had a thought.
Couldn't we tell if the black white photo is reversed if we could see how
the garden of the Nun Appleton looks today? If any of those
