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Hello Jean-Paul
When I went to Paris after the Oxford conference,
we were driving around the Place de la Concord in a taxi and I noticed
several little (about 10 -15cm) round brass mounded humps inlaid in the
asphalt. We were going to fast to see if there was anything written on
them. I immediately guessed that they might be hour or date markers for
the sundial. Has anybody else seen these mysterious little brass markers
there?
John
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Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 5:41
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Subject: Re: On northern vs. southern
dials
Anselmo
The sundial on the Place de la Concorde in Paris
is a classical horizontal sundial with the "Obelisque" as a vertical gnomon.
Lines are now more or less erased due a lack of maintenance. There was a
scheme with a short explanation in the june 1999 issue of "L'Astronomie". I
can scan it and send it to you or to any member of the list; just send me a
mail.
Regards
Jean-Paul Cornec
(...)
Now that I remember, a kind of
touristical question: in this month's issue of the spanish version of
Scientific American there is an article
by D. Savoie about sundials an in it he says
that in the Place de la Concorde in Paris it was drawn a sundial (an
Oughtred sundial
I suppose) based on the obelisk erected there.
Does anybody know if the lines are still drawn or were they
erased?
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