The world (now, at least) is full of worriers, Martina. Not to mention attorneys...
I can sort of see minor issues with the "old" Bexhill dial you showed us, with the raised, sharp-edged hour markers. They do look like they could present a trip hazard, especially with young children or soused hooligans. A completely flat, painted analemmatic dial should be considered harmless, given a modicum of supervision by the teachers! Dave in California, where even in the heart of liberal nanny state society, we don't seem to be quite that worried. -----Original Message----- From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martina Addiscott Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bexhil on Sea dial In message <001601cdbf53$9388f6b0$ba9ae410$@com> "Jackie Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Diallists, > > I have been asked by a friend of mine about this dial which is at Bexhill on > Sea, south coast of England. It is new; made to commemorate the Queens > jubilee. But does anyone know who made it and why it is round, not oval > which one would expect? > > > > <https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=585feaea9e333f3e&page=play&resid=5 > 85FEAEA9E333F3E!770&parid=585FEAEA9E333F3E!769&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SD > X.Photos&authkey=!AGuEO8ad_t-_aJc> View album > > With best wishes, > > Jackie > > Jackie Jones > > 50° 50 09 N. 0° 07 40 W. > > www.sundialglass.wordpress.com > > Dear Jackie, Where exactly is this new 'Human Sundial' located, within Bexhill-on-Sea ? If it is circular (not elliptical), then that layout is definitely wrong ! The only "Bexhill" layout that I was aware of, was the original one on the sea-front there (which was installed on a raised area near the Pavilion on the esplanade) - but as this caused many problems (fights, injuries, etc), the local council had removed it because they were continually being sued. I have 'attached' a photograph of that one designed by "Modern Sunclocks", which was accurate and automatically changed-over for British Summer Time. However, it was simply too popular for its own good - and was taken away ! In fact, if you refer to the previous correspondence on this Mailing List, it was the reason that East Sussex would not let me have any 'analemmatic' sundial on our school playground - because they said it would be dangerous for the children, (based on their experience, with that esplanade layout). It seems that similar difficulties have happened with other layouts in any public areas - see the website page at: www.sunclocks.com/pics/fs-015.htm I am sorry that I cannot help you with information on this new layout, but maybe other members of this list might be able to provide further details. Sincerely, Martina Addiscott. -- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
