Alison,
You also can ask him to be dressed like the Wizard Merlin before starting the
self educational process described by Peter. This might help and make the
spectacle more amusing :-)
Best regards,
Ricardo
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Data: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:36:18 +0100
Assunto: RE: Advice wanted, on 'Analemmatic' sundial orientation
> Dear Alison,
>
> You have had a number of replies from experts greater than I, and they
> all say the same thing which I can't add to. I especially liked the one
> which suggested that Mr Phillips stand there and act as the gnomon
> (which is what you will be expecting the public to do). I suggest you
> challenge him on a sunny day (you haven't had many recently in Suffolk,
> but maybe this weekend coming...) with a compass in his hand, to try to
> twist and turn in any way to get his shadow to fall on the southern half
> of the dial. It should be an amusing spectacle, but should also be self
> instructive to him (if he doesn't believe the welter of opinion here).
> You can then ask how he expects the public to achieve what he failed to
> achieve.
>
> Regards
> Peter Tandy
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Alison Shields
> Sent: 03 June 2008 18:57
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Advice wanted, on 'Analemmatic' sundial orientation
>
>
> Dear Sundial Experts,
>
> I have recently joined this Mailing List, and hope that any members
> will be able to give me some assistance on the following situation.
>
> Our local Stately Home ("Kentwell Hall", Long Melford, Suffolk) is
> considering installing an Analemmatic sundial, as a new interactive
> attraction for visitors - but we are getting 'conflicting' advice,
> on whether this 'Human Sundial' will work in the way we want it to.
>
>
> We have been in discussion with "Modern Sunclocks" (apparently the
> acknowledged 'experts' for these features), who have told us that
> its central scale of dates must be aligned North/South - plus that
> hour markers must be correctly positioned on an elliptical ring,
> and which would lie on the Northern side of that scale of dates.
>
> Photographs on their website ( www.sunclocks.com ) confirm this.
>
>
> However, our 'Director of Operations' (Mr Phillips) absolutely
> INSISTS that he wants the scale to run exactly parallel with our
> main driveway - on a compass bearing which is about 162 degrees
> from North, with the hour points placed on its Southern side.
>
> He also wants the hour points to form an exact semi-circle, and
> not be elliptical in shape. Mr Phillips refuses to accept that
> he cannot arbitrarily position the Human Sundial feature as he
> wishes, and says that it must be possible to create this so that
> it could then align with the existing layout of buildings/paths.
>
>
> Can anyone on this Mailing List tell me whether it is possible to
> install a Human Sundial to fit any existing orientations, (with
> appropriate re-calculation of its component parts) - or, if not,
> just confirm that it must be as "Modern Sunclocks" have told me.
>
> I can then show the 'weight of evidence' to Mr Phillips. Because
> "Kentwell Hall" is a well-known Stately Home (open to the public),
> we should not want to become a 'laughing stock' by installing a
> feature which does not work - despite Mr Phillips assurance that
> "all types of sundial can be adjusted to work, in any location".
>
>
> Looking forward to all comments (to this List, or sent privately).
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Alison Shields.
>
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