Website review: Frans Maes Sundial site
ananixon discovered this in Science/Tech
•2 reviews since Feb 26, 2007
science, astronomy
•fransmaes.nl/zonnewijzers/welcome-e.htm
People who like this website
StumbleUpon is the best way to discover great web sites, videos, photos, blogs and more - based on your interests.
Everything is submitted and rated by the community. Discover, share and review the best of the web!
Reviews of this website
ananixon discovered 18 months ago- From the site: "Today, most clocks and watches are quartz controlled. And they cost only a couple of euros. Some clocks are even radiographically kept 'up to date'. Why, then, do those ancient, inaccurate devices fascinate so many people? Which can't even be read at all on cloudy days? Is it because of their decorative, aesthetic appearance? Or their intricate geometric foundation, incomprehensible for the ordinary person, but obviously not so for the right old craftsman? [...] The earth's rotation has imposed a 24-hour rhythm on all living creatures. This cycle also controls our social life, of daytime action and rest at night (we're talking of the pre-disco era). As the complexity of social life increased, time of day could no longer be indicated by 'morning', 'around noon' or 'evening'. The regular course of the sun along the sky suggested a means to specify the time more precisely, and all sundials use this principle one way or another."
- javierguillot rated 18 months ago
- This is a very complete and interesting site about sundials, featuring a large collection of sundials from around the world categorized by type (and with photographs), technical explanations, listings of "sundial societies", etc. I remember fondly how I built one when I was on 8th grade, as a project for geometry class. The phrase "equation of time" still echoes in the deepness of my memories!!! :) However, it was much simpler than the "polyhedron" version that you can appreciate in the above image... Found at (and discovered by) ananixon.
Subscribe to updates