Most ancient scientific representation concerned astronomy: solar, planetary and stellar. Clearly one important concern was the passage of time reflected in the passage of days and seasons: thus the special interest in sundials and zodiacal representations. Recent studies being prepared include

• Tower of Winds in Athens Circa 200 B.C.E.
• Augustus' Sundial in Rome Circa 10 B.C.E.
• Roman Mosaic at Munich Glyptotech Circa 250 C.E.
• Italian Palladian Villa at Maser Circa 1550 C.E.
• Jefferson's Villa at Poplar Forest Virginia Circa 1800 C.E.

Many sundials, and most sundialers, have some appropriate message on time - most are sunny! At our vineyard, Vinivilla, we had the following acrostic burned into a wooden dial pedestal - unfortunately it has not weathered well - too much sun!

So it was cast in stone (clay tiles) along with about 100 others and cemented vertically on the four faces of a 12 foot (365.25 cm) concrete Obelisk Sundial. It is a scaled (1/6) model of the ancient Egyptian obelisk (21.8 m) erected in Rome by Emperor Augustus as a sundial over 2000 years ago. Our globe is a bit more modern. It holds a photoelectric cell, Ni-Cd batteries, and a photodiode that glows after the sun goes down.

Links to related sites:

• Symbolic Representation
• Intelligent Creativity
• Number Systems
• Sundial Information
• Life's Verities

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