Hi fellow dialists,
Browsing the web for analemmatic sundials, I hit upon three such dials which call themselves "The Sundial of Human Involvement": At the Carter Observatory, near Wellington, New Zealand: <color><param>0000,8000,0000</param>http://members.tripod.com/~apd2/carter.htm <color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Along the Esplanade at Torquay, Victoria, Australia: http://www.tourvic.com.au/Ocean_Road/Attractions/Sundial.htm In the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia: http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/html/MtAnnan/Sundial.html I wonder where this name comes from. Every sundial required human involvement for its creation. Ok, in this case, man serving as a gnomon may put some additional human involvement in play, although another kind of gnomon may even serve better. See Longwood Gardens, near Philadelphia, USA: http://www.longwoodgardens.org/Tour/WestTour/WestTour.htm. But why "THE Sun..."? Does anyone think it is the only one in the world? Or is it the title of a classical novel, song, or movie that escaped my attention? Any comments? Kind regards, Frans Maes Peize, The Netherlands http://www.biol.rug.nl/maes/
