Dear Peter, You are correct. My statement "One could imagine that a dial with an identical dial face is constructed for use in Australia" is too optimistic. Of course you can retain the overall tree shape. Sorry for the confusion!
Regards, Frans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Frans W. Maes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: 'Wineglass' of Sonius > Dear Frans, > > >The 'Tree of Sonius' is basically not a vertical pole-style dial, but a > >shadow plane dial. You are therefore free to arrange the hour lines any way > >you like. So you might as well retain the tree shape. See the entry #11 in > >my website on the Genk Sundial Park: www.fransmaes.nl/genk/ . > > > > > > > Thanks for your acute comment and the super photos on your website. > You are of course correct that since it is a shadow plane dial, the > lines can be moved about. But: am I right that they must nevertheless > remain parallel to those of a vertical dial? If I adopted the > boom/baum/tree format for Australia, and want it to be read, as is the > Limburg dial, from 'left to right', won't the hour lines 'converge' on a > point above the tree? Or have I missed something quite fundamental? > Thanks for your help, > > Peter > > -- > Peter Mayer > Politics Department > Adelaide University, AUSTRALIA 5005 > Ph : +61 8 8303 5606 > Fax : +61 8 8303 3446 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) > and contains information which may be confidential and/or > copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please > do not read, save, forward, disclose, or copy the contents > of this email. If this email has been sent to you in error, > please notify the sender by reply email and delete this > email and any copies or links to this email completely and > immediately from your system. No representation is made > that this email is free of viruses. Virus scanning is > recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. > > > -
