>"....but the arcane bit of knowledge I had never heard before was that
the man
>(name forgotten) who studied and then defined the "line" from which all
North
>American sundials are "calibrated" (if that is the word) had established
that
>geographic point in this city of Indianapolis."
I have never heard this nor seen any evidence of this past or
present. Sounds rather ridiculous to me on many levels--astronomically,
geographically, gnomonically, culturally, .....
Cheers,
Sara
Sara Schechner, Ph.D.
David P. Wheatland Curator
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Harvard University, Science Center B-6
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138
617-496-9542 (Tel)
617-496-5932 (Fax)
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