I was thinking of adding something that will give my garden some much needed personality, something that will set it apart from the rest... So I now have 2 choices - Sundial/Moondial, or a Water Clock. Which do you people think would be better? Is there anyone over here who has experience building one or the other? I am proficient with AutoCAD 3D, so I can design just about anything I want! However, I first need to decide which of the 2 should I make? Therefore I welcome any idea from just about everyone over here!
There are two more options available: a shadow clock and an obelisk. Water clocks tend to be complicated and are very inaccurate but impressive if you want a conversation piece. A fifth option would be a Clepsydra. Also a water clock References: obelisks Egypt 3500 BCE shadow clocks Egypt 1500 BCE Clepsydra during the reign of Amenophis I made by Prince Amenemhet 1520 BCE An interesting water clock was made in China by Su Sung in 1088 CE it was 10 meters tall. Do you plan to use a pump to cycle the water? I would be interested in the one you choose, good luck. Jerry
Yes I plan to use a pump to recycle the water (because water is not very plentiful over here). But that is only if I go ahead and decide to build a water clock. I still can't decide right now. However, I just now have found this wonderful book named, THE BOOK OF SUN-DIALS. Here is a link to it: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ ... dials.html It's a full online book (originally printed in 1872). It is over 500 pages, and is really an amazing read! So if I now end up building a sun-dial, then it will be because of this!
Can't do both at once due to shortage of free time... Besides, right now a sun dial seems to be winning - As it consumes no power, nor does it waste any water.
S-H, Did you ever find the time to build the sundial? This summer I was thinking of building an inverted sundial where the sun shines through a slot and projects a sliver of a pointer on a stone dial. Jerry
No, I never found the time. Well, actually I did, but I fell into what's known as the "engineer's trap" - Where a project continues to improve over and over again, until it becomes too complicated to be made, and/or the time to make it is consumed by excessive designing... So that's basically what happened to me. However, I did make an extremely effective humane mouse trap! Want to see pictures of it? Alright, tell you what - I'll soon post pictures of it in the member's gallery section!
