Re: Monumental Statistics?

fer j. de vries Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:38:16 -0400 (EDT)

John,

You made the following two statements

1. I don't think noon marks should count when we consider monumental sundial
statistics since there is no dial face indicating multiple hours, dates,
altitudes, or anything else except a noon mark.

2. I also think we should disqualify sundials that no longer exist. (Agustus and Mont Saint Michel)

Take my answer not too serious, but I don't agree with these statements.

See my remarks below.

1. A noon mark is a sundial, no doubt about that.

There are a number of beautiful meridians in churches and in fact they all are noon marks. I won't exclude them from any sundial competition.

2. And what about the largest pancake? It's long eaten but you have to bake a larger one to get a new record. A record holds, even if the subject is disappeared.

On the other hand, parts of the dial of August still exist, 8 meters below streetlevel !!!!! as Buchner wrote in his book.

And the gnomon of Mont St. Michel still is present. The cathedral, the island and the beach didn't disappear.

In the former discussion I suggested the earth as largest sundial.

As an astronaut on the moon it must have been a beautiful sundial to look at and it can tell you the time at home.

Best wishes, Fer.

Fer J. de Vries
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