The Paris Observatory has a sundial, actually I think it's just a noon marker,
on its top floor. And it's laid out on the floor rather than the ceiling.
-- Richard Langley
Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Abbie Lewis wrote:
>My message is for anyone who has heard of, or knows about, an interior
>sundial that is built or painted into a ceiling (dome) of a building
>(perhaps somewhere in Europe) where the sun shines down through a window(s),
>possibly onto a pendant, where a shadow lands on the correct time element.
>
>Any information would be most helpful and appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
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