Tony, Many thanks for the wonderful .JPEGs of the "master meridian layout alidade", your conversion of "the 'machinegun fire director' from the Vickers gun - a magnificent Canadian bronze instrument" to peaceful purposes.
As to your request for terminology: The "rest of" Canada calls the instrument which measures the instantaneous angular location of Earth as it spins about its axis by measuring the angle of the moving shadow cast by the gnomon (and the style, substyle, and variants thereof) in the sunlight a "sundial". Our fellow Canadians in Quebec have a Special Vocabulary, with special keyboards and laws to transmit and protect it so I'd defer the question to someone in an Official Capacity to inform you and the List of the proper term for what are colloquially known as "Cadrans Solaires". Merci. By the way, in Canada we usually spell it "spelled", eh? Cheers, t Tony Moss wrote: > Fellow Shadow Watchers, > As ever, I turn to The List with a problem. I > need to know the correct term for a sundial in as many languages as > possible but to ensure that I get it right, particularly the spelling!! > :-) could I please ask for contributions - although limited to western > style characters for no other reason than my wordprocessor can only > handle such. > > In return for this kindness I'll publish the resulting list on The List > in case it may be of use to others. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Tony Moss Tom Semadeni O [EMAIL PROTECTED] o aka I (Ned) Ames °. ¿ Britthome Bounty ><<((((*> Box 176 Britt ON P0G 1A0 'Phone 705 383 0195 fax 2920 45.768° North 80.600° West ° s courtesy W.M.
