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Only on flat planes, not inside scaphes........

J

Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/
BSS Editor http://sundialsoc.org.uk/publications/the-bss-bulletin/


> On 10 Aug 2018, at 22:38, Michael Ossipoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Sara and John--
> 
> But it's said that the hour-lines for Babylonian, Italian, and co-Italian 
> hours are straight lines, as they are on all the other dials that I've seen 
> that have Babylonian &/or Italian hours.
> 
> Michael Ossipoff
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Schechner, Sara <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> I am camping at Stellafane with little connection, so will keep this brief 
>> until I return to civilization!  
>> 
>> The gnomon is adjustable for different latitudes.  The choice determines the 
>> correct horizontal scale to use around the compass.  The 2 pin gnomon scaphe 
>> sundial are for finding Italian and Babylonian (or Nuremberg hours).  The 
>> instrument with the spinning pointer is a wind vane.
>> The instrument is made in Nuremberg in the early 17th century.
>> 
>> Sara
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 10, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Michael Ossipoff <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, the Boy Scouts of America at least used to sell a Compass-Oriented 
>>> Dyptich dial with several concentric rings, each having different 
>>> hour-lines, and with its string-gnomon adjustable for latitude, with 
>>> several attachment-points on the vertical surface. I think it accommodated 
>>> 3 latitudes. The hour-line rings were rectangular, it seems to me.
>>> 
>>> Someone at this forum designed a universal Horizontal-Dial whose hour lines 
>>> were curved lines originating from the gnomon-string's base-attrachment, 
>>> with latitude-labeled concentric circles telling where to read the hour 
>>> lines for the various latitudes.  ...and of course with the string-gnomon 
>>> slidable in a vertical slot in the vertical surface.
>>> 
>>> Michael Ossipoff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:22 AM, Dan-George Uza <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> I've recently found this piece in a museum near me and I need your help in 
>>>> dating it. 
>>>> 
>>>> Why are the hour marks offset? I suspect a correction for latitude. And 
>>>> what do the two small circular dials on the bottom measure?
>>>> 
>>>> Also what would be the purpose of the circular shape containing the 
>>>> alidade? I suspect it has something to do with the winds. 
>>>> 
>>>> Any info will be highly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> 
>>>> Dan Uza
>>>> 
>>>> 
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