Andrew Pettit wrote: > > Quite by chance I came across a remarkable "sundial" - there should be > another word for it - in front of the church of St. Eustache near Les Halles > in Paris. It was well worth a visit even if kids were skate-boarding all > over it! > > What is remarkable to my mind is that it comprises a number of optical > fibres behind three slits set in a "pillar" for want of a better > description. The optical fibres are laid underneath the pavement and appear > at "timespots" in a wall about three metres away. > > If anybody is visiting Paris I commend it as an attraction. > > Does anybody have further details or examples of similar constructions to > make up for my woefully inadequate description? > > Regards > ------------------------------Andrew Pettit-------------------------------- > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Postman Pat: 3, Lucastes Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, West Sussex, RH16 1JJ, > ENGLAND > > Tel. UK: (+44) (0)1444 453111
About this sundial some is published in the book : Cadrans Solaires de Paris Andreé Gotteland and Georges Camus. ISBN 2-271-05035-9 The dial is placed in 1989. A drawing in the book gives a rather good impression. Fer de Vries.
