Hi Roger, For anyone interested I found this information on "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" about to Sundial at the church with some more pic's please scroll to the bottom under Gnomon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint-Sulpice,_Paris
Ray On 4/3/16, Roger W. Sinnott <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > > > I’m just guessing, but maybe the two holes and two spots are placed so that, > no matter what the Sun’s declination is, at least one of the spots will fall > on a smooth, uncluttered part of the floor. > > > > Roger > > > > > > From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan-George > Uza > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice > > > > Hello, > > > > Last week I visited the meridian line of Saint-Sulpice in Paris which dates > back to 1743. After the French Revolution the Republicans chiseled out all > references to royalty from the inscriptions. I don't know why but they also > erased some of the zodiac signs. Could it have something to do with the new > Republican Calendar? Also, there are two holes for the light to enter with > two spots forming on the ground and I don't understand exactly why... > > > > Dan Uza > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
