Hi all, To my knowledge, the oldest dated pole-style dial still in existence is found on the wall of Jacobi's Church in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It is dated 1463. The website of Fer de Vries has a picture (nr. 1): http://home.iae.nl/users/ferdv/fotos.htm
Kind regards, Frans Maes 53.1 N, 6.5 E www.biol.rug.nl/maes/sundials/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 8:39 PM Subject: old scientific dial > Greetings fellow dialists, > During the recent tour of Austria by the British Sundial Society we were > shown a dial on the wall of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna which is > thought to date from 1445. It is believed to be the first in the western > world to have its gnomon in line with the earth's axis. The Austrian > Sundial Society proudly use it in their logo. > > Obviously there may have been earlier dials which have not survived but > are there any other contenders for the earliest equal hour dial known in > the western world? > Frank 55N 1W > -- > Frank Evans > - > -
