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Noon Cannon Sundial Wanting to show their love for Joann, many of her patients and friends gave money to a memorial fund to create something that would continue Joann's belief and work in the importance of healing, education and the beauty of nature. Joann was a great humanitarian, teacher and healer. As long as I am alive, her dream of touching others will not die. |
The Sundial - a celestial learning center. May this sundial solar station encourage us all to reach to the heavens as we search and learn. Given in loving memory by her patients and friends in Ellijay and Blue Ride, Georgia. |
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Sundials is a Proudly South African Company
Email Malcolm Barnfield, creator of the sundial Email Henk van der Ham, engraver After many nights of searching on the Internet, I found a sundial that was "the one". The only problem was that it was in a planetarium in Germany and the language was all German.
Once I found the sundial I emailed at least 50 sundial makers around the world, and the only reply that was right finally came from South Africa. When I read his reply, I knew he was the ONE. Many told me it would be too expensive. Many said they couldn't make it. Many said it was not a good thing to have around children for vandalism purposes. Malcolm Barfield from South Africa said: Dear Janie, Thank you for the enquiry. I
have seen the acoustical sundial pictured in the German website before.
When orientated correctly the canon fires a shot at true local solar
midday if it has been loaded and the sun is shining. I can do it.
I will need the exact global position (degrees, minutes & seconds)
in which the dial is to remain, a rough sketch with approximate
dimensions of the base plate and the material you intend to use. The
rest I will calculate. I will also need to know what wording you require
on the base and in what language. I recommend brass for the dial as this is
weather-proof and once the green patina has formed the dial will last
forever. All dials I make come with etched plaques of the Equation of
Time and Moondial. These plates are 68 x 115mm, so please allow space
for them dial on the base of your choice. Your dial will also tell the
time by moonlight and will be longitudinally corrected, so to obtain the
legal hour all you have to do is apply the Equation for that day. The
dial is also ‘split’ by the thickness of the gnomon. This removes
the inaccuracy caused by that very thickness before and after readings
at midday. Your classroom is a marvelous idea and a
worthwhile undertaking. Proof that good can come from adversity. You
will be the stronger for it in the end. I often think of the war
memorials I have seen all over the world. They bear the words 'Lest
we forget'. We can't and don't and we go on firm in the knowledge
that those who fell did so for a purpose. The Bible says that God moves
in mysterious ways. Trust
in yourself and your faith. There was a famous doctor who wrote
'Trust yourself, you know more than you think you know.' Think about it,
you do and so you will be alright. The
next week he emailed: Janie, Thanks for the coordinates. Henry the Navigator is proud of you! I have calculated the longitude correction as -11 mins 27 secs and this will be corrected on the dial itself so all you have to do to get the legal time is apply the Equation of Time. I have spoken to Henk and he guarantees me a 4 day turnaround for the engraving, so all in all we are well on track.
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