<<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.>>
I've just had a look at the programme.
The design of the sundial face looks ok, the problem is that they have put
the gnomon on the dial face the wrong way round.
Mike Shaw
53º 22' North 03º 02' West
www.wiz.to/sundials
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