Hi Ken, Your idea for a sundial at a train station is intriguing but it might be considered treasonous, "dealing with the enemy!". It was trains and their need for uniform schedules that forced the change from the real time told by the sundials to the unnatural standard civil zone clock time dictated by an international cartel of government/industry conspirators. Where were the anti globalization protestors in 1885 when the standard time proposal by the Canadian engineer, Sir Sandford Fleming, finally won international approval?
Sundial at a train station?? What will you folks think of next? Sundials at airports to show VFR pilots the hours til sunset? Actually a sundial at a railway station would be an excellent way to teach the history of time from local solar time to standard railway time. Roger Bailey Walking Shadow Designs N 51 W 115 >At 08:33 PM 2/9/00 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi fellow Dialists, > > My local community is in the planning stages of revitalizing our local >train station. I was thinking, why not include a sundial as part of the >design for the passengers to look at while waiting for the train. I like >vertical declining dials because they are some what vandal proof if high >enough on the wall. > > Are there any other sundials at train stations in the United States or >Europe pictured in any sundial book that I could show the local committee? >I was thinking of a dial that would give the time in different cities. Any >thoughts on what other furniture to include on the dial that would reflect >some aspect of the railroad industry? > > I want to at least give them the idea about including a sundial as a part >of the over all design. > >Thanks in advance, > >Ken Clark >Elizabethtown, PA > >
