Indeed.
I too red the words "rather impractical" between brackets.
And I did'nt have an explanation for the working of the so-called sundial.
One never knows if there is no sophisticated system for a date-dependent
hour indication.
Maybe our friends-sundialists in Barcelona can give a decisive answer.
Willy Leenders
Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium
"fer j. de vries" wrote:
Willy, No doubt it is a nice tower but to mention it a sundial is overdone.There is written: The orientation of the tower means that the shadow of the central needle on the circular platform acts as a (rather impractical) sundial. It's a vertical needle and an horizontal ring.That could be a horizontal sundial at the pole but Barcelona is in Spain. Best, Fer. Fer J. de Vries De Zonnewijzerkring
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lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E----- Original Message -----From: "Willy Leenders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[email protected]>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:55 AMSubject: Re: Sundial bridges > For an other sundial integrated in a construction designed by the architect
> Santiago Calatrava see
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> http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/MontjuicTower/
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> Willy Leenders
> Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium
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> Megan Paris wrote:
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> > I am interested in finding out about the use of architecture/engineering
> > elements acting as sundials, especially as regards bridge construction. I
> > know that the architect Santiago Calatrava is designing a 'Sundial Bridge'
> > in Redding, CA , with an inclined tower acting as a gnomon. Do you know of
> > any other examples of this?
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> > Kind regards,
> > Megan Paris
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