http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sundial Posts tagged with 'sundial' at MetaFilter. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:39:14 -0800 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:39:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60054/Mont%2DSundial <a href="http://mooonriver.blogspot.com/2007/03/solar-mount.html">Mont Saint-Michel as a sundial.</a> <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/27136/jai-besoin-dune-title-amusant" title="MeFi on Mont Saint-Michel - some beautiful photos">Previously</a></small><small> [<a href="http://www.spurgeonworld.com/blog/" title="spurgeonworld - blog">via</a>, <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/59813/Daily-media#899714" title="AskMe comment which clued me into the blog">via</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60054 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:39:14 -0800 art biggest ever island michel mont montsaintmichel saint science sundial tidal djgh http://www.metafilter.com/50075/The%2DNational%2DMaritime%2DMuseum%2DGreenwich <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/">The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich</a> has some excellent online collections related to maritime history and technology, including <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/telescopes">telescopes</a>, <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/chronometers">marine chronometers</a>, <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/sundials">sundials</a>, and a whole lot more. Some stuff I've been looking at: <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayRepro.cfm?reproID=A2759&picture=2#content">John</a> <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=ZAA0036">Harrison's</a> <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=ZAA0037">chronometers</a> (described in Dava Sobel's book <a href="http://www.sailtexas.com/long.html">Longitude</a>), <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayRepro.cfm?reproID=F1336#content">polyhedral sundials</a>, and <a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayRepro.cfm?reproID=D7949%5F1&picture=1#content">pocket globes</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50075 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:25:55 -0800 astrolabe astronomy clock globe history horology map nautical navigation quadrant science sundial technology timekeeping watch carter