Hi everyone,
Just for your information, there is a mystery novel written by Ramona
Maher, SECRET OF THE SUNDIAL, 1966 which takes place in El Paso, Texas. She
describes an event in her story called: “Festival of the Shadowless moment”
which takes place across the border in Juares, Mexico on June 21 when the sun
is directly overhead. A vertical stick will cast no shadow. Of course Juares,
Mexico is not far enough south to be true.
Apparently the author had an interest in sundials and incorporated it into
a story about some teenagers discovering sundials. Writer’s license I guess.
Everything else in the book was correct, her descriptions how sundials work
and terminology used. A lot of detail about the steps involved in making a
vertical sundial for a fiction book.
Ken Clark
Elizabethtown, PA
“Learn about a fascinating hobby and with a little math, design and make your
own sundial” KRC
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