> On Thu, 16 > Jan 1997, Rik Hill wrote: > > > > > > > > >The city of Ghent (Belgium) plans to place 4 sundials on one > > >of the chimneys of the town hall. The surfaces of the dials > > >will be squares, with sides 1.5 m. They will be placed about 35 m > > >above the ground.......... > > > > I am a bit confused here. (I missed the original post on this which > > admittedly may be the source of my confusion.) If there are to be > > four dials on the sides of this chimney, one would be facing north > > and, at Ghent, not see sunlight during the year, no? -Rik > >
As others have noted, early morning and late afternoon sun does hit a North-facing dial, in the Summer. Also, I don't recall the original post specifying the exact orientation of the chimney. In the best case, the faces would be aligned at 45 degrees to the North-South line, and no dial would face due North at all! Dave
