The Singleton thread has been dormant since last March, as far as I recall. It proposed naming after him dials as described by John Singleton in the BSS Bulletin of February 2000. John never claimed to have invented the idea, I believe. Sara Schechner's definition was: "a horizontal dial with polar-pointing style and showing standard time on 12 date rings."
The Austrian dial is vertical but otherwise identical. Regards Chris Luke Coletti wrote: > I'm afraid I haven't been following the Singleton thread. I'm sure Karl, > as the designer, could answer any question as to its lineage. > > Best, > > Luke > > Chris Lusby Taylor wrote: > > > > I've just noticed that picture number 19 on the Austrian Web site > > (http://tirol-php.highway.telekom.at/k.schwarzinger/a_0680.htm) > > is a sundial from 1985 that is identical to the type we have recently > > been referring to as a Singleton sundial. > > Which came first? > > > > Regards > > > > Chris Lusby Taylor > > 51.3N 1.4W > > (Please note my new email address) > > > > Luke Coletti wrote: > > > > > Karl Schwarzinger's very nicely designed Analemmatic Sundial in Tyrol > > > (URL below) integrates both a raised and slopping platform to add some > > > compensation for height limitations in a larger sized dial. > > > > > > http://tirol-php.highway.telekom.at/k.schwarzinger/a_3500.htm > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Luke
