Thibaud, I did not see the broadcast but read the English subtitles at this address: http://tvguide.lastown.com/bbc/preview/precision/the-measure-of-all-things-1-time-and-distance.html It is apparently the Egyptian sundial from 1500 BC. On my website you can see an article about this sundial. In Dutch: http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypte.html In English: http://www.wijzerweb.be/egypteengels.html
Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 19-aug-2013, om 20:49 heeft Thibaud Taudin Chabot het volgende geschreven: > Yesterday (sunday) I saw the first part of the new BBC serie "The story of > measurement" on BBC4. > In it was a horizontal sundial of questionabvle design. The style foot was > situated on the XII mark and the shadow was crossing many hourlines. > I can't imagine that BBC didn't do any serious research and used a fancy > sundial and even didn't notice that the shadows weren't matching the > hourlines. > Or did my TV having troubles? You never know in this digital era. > Thibaud > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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