Hi Mac, S/he/it looks very friendly to me. If s/he/it stood there all winter with no harm by the Brattleboro people walking by the latter must be friendly also. That's a good feeling for Aliens and for Earth Inhabitants and hopefully for the future. If I stood for such a long time I needed a wee-wee so s/he/it certainly will be a he I think.
It's hard to give a good definition for a shadow or hour plane dial. Also a normal polestyle dial is a shadow plane dial, isn't it? In which intermediate times easily may be read. I only should give a discription with one or two examples. Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries De Zonnewijzerkring mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl Home mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/index-fer.htm Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Oglesby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fer J. de Vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:52 PM Subject: Re: Reykjavik shadow plane dial > > Hi Fer, > > It certainly is a multiple dial, and I think you're right that is > probably isn't really a shadow plane. I guess I got carried away as I > watched the shadows play across the vanes. > > Come to think about it, I don't believe I've seen a really good > definition of shadow plane sundials. The one in John Davis' Glossary > (2nd edition) is not adequate, as it only deals with some types of > shadow plane dials. I think there are shadow plane dials which don't > have a moveable gnomon, such as shadow plane dials with tilted slabs > or those with several cable gnomons. > > Have you ever written (or even seen) a comprehensive definition for > shadow plane sundials? What would you reply to someone who asked you > "What is a shadow plane sundial?" > > Best wishes, > > Mac > > P.S. I had intended the following for an April Fool's Day joke on > April 1st, but didn't snap the photo in time. > > Dressed in a metallic cloak, an alien shape spent the winter perched > next to the sidewalk on Western Avenue in Brattleboro. As the tiny > inserted side view shows, with the coming of warmer temperatures > s/he/it has extended a proboscis into the nearby grass, perhaps for > feeding purposes, perhaps for breeding...??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Mac, > > > >Is it a shadowplane dial or a multiple dial? > >Each dial face works for an hour and after that a second one is used an so > >on. > >Just a small remark for a nice concept. > > > >Best wishes, Fer. > > > >Fer J. de Vries > > > >De Zonnewijzerkring > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl > > > >Home > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/index-fer.htm > >Eindhoven, Netherlands > >lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mac Oglesby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:10 AM > >Subject: Reykjavik shadow plane dial > > > > > >> > >> Hello Friends... > >> > >> The NASS website has posted a link to Dale M. Greer's fascinating > >> model of a monumental shadow plane dial for Reykjavik. > >> > >> http://sundials.org > >> click on Links > >> click on New Links > >> click on Sundial for Reykjavik > >> > >> If you click on the images, you can see movies of the sundial in action. > >> > >> If you click on Sundials at the page bottom, you can read a little > >> more about Greer's sundials, dating back to 1994, before most of us > >> had ever heard of shadow plane sundials. > >> > >> Thanks to Bob Terwilliger for posting this. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> > >> Mac > >> - >
