Hi John D:
I feel so dumb for having asked my questrion about the “Eternal Dial”. Looking closely at the photo, I can see the the crack in the plaster is repeated in each dial face, so it is obviously photoshopped. It really fooled me at first since the photo was taken on an overcast day and there were no shadows being cast. Those would have been a telltail sign. Of course, the curved hourlines and the gnomons pointing in different directions make it all too obvious too. Thanks for answering John C. p.s. But it’s still pretty! From: JOHN DAVIS [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:38 AM To: 'Sundial Mailing List'; John Carmichael Subject: Re: The Eternal Sundial Hi John et al, I think the 'spiral dial' is probably a clever bit of photoshopping of the normal vertical dial in the same photostream! Regards, John D ------------------------------------ Dr J Davis Flowton Dials --- On Mon, 11/5/09, John Carmichael <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Carmichael <[email protected]> Subject: The Eternal Sundial To: "'Sundial Mailing List'" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 11 May, 2009, 3:22 PM Hello Dialists, especially the Spaniards: I came across this intriguing photo of an odd spiral-shaped multiple vertical dial that the photographer calls “The Eternal Sundial”. He gives no information about it, but I think it might be located in Spain-possibly at the Susqueda dam because it is in the photographer’s photostream next to photos of the dam. See: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570780/in/photostream/> http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570780/in/photostream/ Also in this photostream is this photo of a more traditional vertical declining dial with the same decorative border design: See: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570782/in/photostream/> http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570782/in/photostream/ So I bet both dials are on the same building. Notice the curved hour lines of the multiple dial. I am not familiar with this kind of dial. What kind of time do the multiple dials show? And why do the multiple rod gnomons face in different directions? It is a beautiful design though and is most fascinating! John John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com/> http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: <http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial> http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html> http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: <http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/> http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Chimneys: <http://stainedglasssundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html> http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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