Hi all, A report in today's Daily Telegraph newspaper in the UK, says that there are plans to build a 132 feet tall sundial in the English Midlands. It will consist of...."3 giant sails of stainless steel erected in the shape of a pyramid....with shadows thrown by two of the sails on the third allowing visitors to tell the time"..."lights and lasers will allow it ...to work in overcast conditions and at night". The artist's impression accompanying the article shows 3 polygonal sloping structures, one in the centre of a circular area like a giant gnomon (though the rear polygonal facets suggest it is not a planar piece of steel), and 2 facing it around the periphery at about 11.00 and 1.00o'clock. I can't really see how it will work, at least not in the sense(s) alluded to above...but maybe we must wait and see.
Regards and best wishes for Christmas and the new Year Peter Tandy London
