-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Krzysztof Kotynia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [email protected] Datum: Dienstag, 08. Juni 1999 08:57 Betreff: Re: I need help....
>Dear all, >I found a picture showing a portable sundial with equal hours >dating 1453. The dial has obviously a magnetic compass >to find a proper direction. The caption also says that >the dial is from the collection of the Science Museum in London. >So that dial could be the oldest one? >Can anybody check this information? >Best regards >Krzysztof Kotynia >lat 51.8N long.19.4E Dear all, According to Ernst Zinner: "Astronomische Instrumente des 1.. bis 18. Jahrhunderts " (Astronomic instruments of the 11. until 18. Century ), publishing house C. H. Beck, 1979 the Astronomer and Mathematician Georg Peuerbach, (1423 - 1461) from Vienna created the first sharped table sundial of the world in the year 1451. It is in the museum Zeughaus Kaiser Maximilian I. in Innsbruck. You will find a picture and further explanations to this sundial in my homepage. http://www.tirol.com/sundial/ It is the sundial No. 2 in my collection. Best regards Karl Schwarzinger 47°14,3' N 11°26,7' E E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
