Hi Brent, The BSS Register has many ‘non-dials’ on its books. Some (though few) have other dialling interest. We used to record all except the most flagrantly erroneous one so that we could use the data for research but now are moving away from that because there are so many ‘garden-centre dials’ that do not work. Plenty of dial designers make mistakes and it isn’t hard for the so called experts to do so either! I’d always recommend that designers make a model out of paper or card before committing. Not only that but if you are designing the dial commercially and have no professional indemnity insurance the submission of the working model can be used to secure acceptance of the design (and hence limit the risk for the designer) without the expense of professional insurance.
Patrick From: Brent Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:39 PM To: Sundial List Subject: bad sundials Hello again; I hope I am not trying your patience with my endless questions. Today I am thinking about all of the mistakes that I have made in my thinking about sundial designs. The motions between the sun and earth are more complicated than I first thought. I wonder if lots of people make sundial mistakes? I wonder if there are lots of sundials around that contain mistakes? I wonder if there are any famous sundial blunders? thanks again; brent --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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