No it was not an Egyption dial. It was a round horintal dial,
greenish in colour, I guess bronze.
Now with picture attached
At 22:00 19-8-2013, Willy Leenders wrote:
Thibaud,
I did not see the broadcast but read the English subtitles at this
address:
Yesterday (sunday) I saw the first part of the new BBC serie The
story of measurement on BBC4.
In it was a horizontal sundial of questionabvle design. The style
foot was situated on the XII mark and the shadow was crossing many hourlines.
I can't imagine that BBC didn't do any serious research
Thibaud,
I did not see the broadcast but read the English subtitles at this address:
http://tvguide.lastown.com/bbc/preview/precision/the-measure-of-all-things-1-time-and-distance.html
It is apparently the Egyptian sundial from 1500 BC.
On my website you can see an article about this sundial.
In
Yesterday (sunday) I saw the first part of the new BBC serie The
story of measurement on BBC4.
In it was a horizontal sundial of questionabvle design. The style
foot was situated on the XII mark and the shadow was crossing many
hourlines.
I can't imagine that BBC didn't do any serious research
No it was not an Egyption dial. It was a round horintal dial,
greenish in colour, I guess bronze.
At 22:00 19-8-2013, Willy Leenders wrote:
Thibaud,
I did not see the broadcast but read the English subtitles at this
address:
