Sure, a vertical north location with a mirror facing south. I thought of that when you first posted, and I have a perfect large north wall, but I'm having trouble visualizing how to mount a mirror so the house doesn't shade it and the projected dial isn't too huge...
Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Claude Hartman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My plea for pictures of reflecting dials that were not ceiling dials seems to > have been misunderstood. > > I am trying to find flat dials such as are found in Aiello del Friuli. For > example, this North facing dial said to be the first in their town in 1999 by > Aurelio Pantanali shown here: > http://www.ilsoleeiltempo.it/zona1/05pan/2eng.htm > > Gianni Ferrari gave a wonderful description of the history of such dials in > the Compendium for March 2004 while introducing his computer program for > them. In this discussion he said that " In Italy the number of reflection > sundials is not known exactly, but it hardly exceeds 20 - 40 while the total > number of sundials counted till today are about 14,00." > > That could certainly partially explain the lack of responses - there aren't > very many. I would expect even fewer outside of Italy. Another reason might > be: people do not recognize them. > > Here is a clue: they are NOT located where you expect to find a sundial - > often on North facing walls! > Of course the other clue is the hour is marked by a spot of light. > > By 2013 there were 11 more reflecting wall dials in Aiello, by 10 different > authors. The large growth may be explained by the one built there in 1999 > and the fact that they have yearly sundial celebrations. > > Please help me find others. > > Claude Hartman > 35N 120W > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
