Hi John and all, If the Kirkland Needle is a sundial then I am a sundial.
When I stand in certain places, my shadow tells me the time of day, the seasons of the year, where and when the sun rises The length of my shadow tells me when to pray by the Benedictine and Moslem rites. My hand is a sundial, the thumb as a gnomon and fingers as hour lines are useful as a sundial. Counting the fingers of my outstretched hand between the sun and the horizon tells me the time to sunset. I am a sundial. Regards, Roger Bailey * I will not describe how Beavis and Butthead described "High Noon on my sundial" From: John Carmichael Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:21 PM To: Sundial List Subject: Is this thing a sundial? Hi Dialsts: I was looking for new sundials photos and came across this glass "thing" at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/avelino_maestas/2448169052/ The photo caption says that it is a sundial located "in the atrium in the National Acaedmies building". But that's all it says. If it is really a sundial, it sure doesn't look like any type of sundial I have ever seen. There is no sundial face, shadow, or projected light beam visible in the photo. All I can think of is that the point at the end of the truss-like structure might be a nodus that is casting a shadow on a wall or on the ground somewhere beneath it and out of view in this photo. Do any of you know anything about it? Is it really a sundial? In what city and country i it located? Who made it? Thx John John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: [email protected] My Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Turrets: http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1957 - Release Date: 02/17/09 07:07:00
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