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From: "Tony Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sundial Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: old scientific dial


Hallo Tony,

A picture and a description of the sundial at the Stephanskirche in Vienna
do you find in my homepage.

http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild3_e.htm

Georg Peuerbach constructed the first shaped table sundial :

http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild2_e.htm

Karl Schwarzinger
Austria
Phone and  fax : +43 - 512 - 378868
47° 14' North   11° 27' East
http://members.aon.at/sundials
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> Richard Mallett wrote:
>
> >I'm sorry that I missed that.  I spent six months working in Vienna
> >in 1978-79, and love the cathedral, but I wasn't 'into' sundials in those
> >days.  Is there a picture of the dial ?
> >
> Unfortunately the relevant part of the cathedral was shrouded in
> scaffolding and tarpaulins etc. during our visit but these had been
> partly opened especially to allow us to view the dial.  My resulting
> picture in its raw state is almost useless due to dark shadows but
> electronic re-processing of the central region gives a fair image of the
> dial.  No doubt there are Austrian contributors with clear pictures taken
> in better conditions.
>
> Tony Moss
>
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