I must be losing my memory. I had completely forgotten about the Andrewes longitudinal dials described in the January '07 Smithsonian Magazine until Hal & Fred reminded me.
The mystery is that the Andrewes dials shown in the Smithsonian article are all small versions for pedestals. But supposedly, the one at Burghley House is 132 ft. (I assume that this means that the face is 132 ft in diameter). So I wonder if it is a giant version of one of his dials? I just reread the article and it does not mention one at Burghley. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:09 PM To: "John Carmichael" Subject: RE: New Burghley House Sundial John, Andrews' "Longitude" sundial was the feature of a recent - I don't have my copy handy - article in the "Smithsonian". It is described therein along with photographs. Andrews is also the editor of "The Quest for Longitude", a 1993 symposium on the subject. Hal "John Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear British Dialists: > > > >According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, there is a new 132 >ft. sundial in the new "Garden of Surprises" at Burghley House in Stamford >England. According to the website at http://www.burghley.co.uk/ the >Burghley House is "the largest and grandest house of the first Elizabethan >age", and is open to the public. But the website doesn't show any photos of >the sundial and only briefly mentions it. It was designed by a professor at >Harvard University. They call it a "Longitude Dial". I have never heard of >a longitude dial. What type of dial is it I wonder? > > > >Burghley is near Stamford in Lincolnshire, fairly close to Cambridge where >the BSS conference will be held next week. Has anybody seen this dial yet? >Would it be worth the trip up to see it? > > > >See you soon at the conference. > > > >John > > > > > >p.s. congratulations on the release of your 15 Royal Marines! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
