Dear All, Here is a little Dialling Puzzle to start the New Year...
We are all familiar with the term 'Noon Gap'. On a simple horizontal sundial with a plate gnomon, this is the gap on the dial plate between the two vertical faces of the gnomon. On the dial plate, there are two lines for 12 o'clock with the noon gap between. Often this gap is left blank. Sometimes there is a date or, perhaps, the maker's name. During the year just ended, I was asked to design a dial which had to fit in a rather unusual space. After a little thought, I decided on a solution. In this... THE ENTIRE DIAL FITS INSIDE THE GNOMON GAP Question 1: What does the design look like? Question 2: Can this possibly look good? Question 3: What is the 'unusual space'? A Happy New Year to you all. Frank King Cambridge, U.K. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
