On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, fer j. de vries wrote: >William P Thayer wrote: >> >> Rule out Strasbourg. >> >> I lived in Strasbourg for a year and know the cathedral well. The 15c clock >> in the cathedral is not a sundial... It's an astronomical *clock*. >> >> It's conceivable, mind you, that it might include a small detail that is a >> sundial, sort of for comparison purposes. If so, it cannot be a working >> dial. The clock is indoors, occupying pretty much the entire east wall of >> the south transept, which is lit only dimly and indirectly by stained-glass >> windows: very attractive but not conducive to gnomonics. (Liturgical east >> and south, that's geographical north-east and south-east.) >> >> Bill Thayer >> LacusCurtius >> http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman > >Bill, > >Indeed, inside is an astrononical clock, but on the outside of the >cathedral there are sundials and one of them is meant by Rohr. > >Best, Fer.
In fact, there are 6 sundials according to the Cadrans Solaires Francais Catalogues. >-- >Fer J. de Vries >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.iaehv.nl/users/ferdv/ >lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ ===============================================================================
