Paul Schutze: Second Site [IMPORT]

1-01 First Prologue 1:00
1-02 The Dial Is Only Visible By Starlight 1:16
1-03 Every Day At Noon The Sun Shines Through These Apertures For The Space Of About A Minute 0:38
1-04 The Image Of The Sun Indicates The Sun's Position As It Passes Through A Hole In The Concurve Surface 1:15
1-05 There Is A Brass Pointer Fitted With Sights And Pivoted To The Centre Of The Circle By Which Altitude Observations Are Made 0:49
1-06 The Chamber Is No Longer Accessible To Visitors 1:00
1-07 Access To Any Part Of The Engine Is By Steps Which Offer Vantage Points For Various Readings 0:49
1-08 Suspended In The Hum Of History 1:10
1-09 Originally Cross Wires Stretched Across Each Hemisphere, East To West And North To South 1:17
1-10 The Ramped Stair To The North Of The Two Drums Vanishes At Thirty-two Feet 1:03
1-11 These Steps Enable The Observer To See All Aspects Of The Brass Calibration Below 0:39
1-12 There Is A Huge Calibrated Sundial On Each Of Its Sides 0:59
1-13 This Chamber Is Filled With Garden Tools And Broken Furniture 1:00
1-14 The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eye 0:59
1-15 This Engine Is Primarily A Calculator, Though Altitudes May Be Observed Using The Sighting Bar Fitted To The Back 0:59
1-16 It Is Inscribed With Concentric Circles, At The Centre Of Which Lies A Pointer 1:01
1-17 The Calibrated Parts Are Raised On Three-foot Pillars 1:00
1-18 The Pink Masonry Charges The Twilight With A Faint Sound 0:59
1-19 Another Slope With Stars For The Reading Of Figures 1:00
1-20 This Engine Is Now Only Visible In Twilight 1:00
1-21 Here Is An Immense Brass Circle Suspended Vertically From Stone Supports 0:48
1-22 Two Hemispheres Representing The Sphere Of Heaven Comprise The Two Halves Of This Engine 1:10
1-23 This Wall Describes Accurately The North/South Meridian 0:59
1-24 There Are Pillars At The Centre Of Each Circular Wall Each Open To The Sky 0:49
1-25 First Memory 1:09
1-26 The Sky Has Shaped This Place 1:00
1-27 Here I Find A Central Iron Pole With Hooks Facing To The North, South, East And West 0:59
1-28 A Shadow Is Cast To The West Before Noon 0:58
1-29 The Shadow Can Fall In The Vacant Sector Of A Drum 1:01
1-30 Nights Are Measured Here, And In The Measuring Seem Longer, Suspended Somehow 1:00
1-31 The Whole Brass Circle Can Be Revolved Around Its Vertical Diameter So That Altitude Observations Can Be Taken Of Any Object At Any Time 0:59
1-32 A Lofty But Narrow Chamber Is Contrived In The Thickness Of The Walls And Access Is Gained From A Door Opening From The Masonry Platform On Which The Engine Stands 0:36
1-33 A Further Series Of Steps Is Only Visible During The Vernal Equinox 0:23
1-34 Hold The Machine In The Vertical Plane 1:00
1-35 Visible Portions Of The Celestial Sphere Are Represented By This Map Which Has A Movable Elliptic Which Pivots At The Point Representing The Pole 1:01
1-36 To Move Through These Structures Is To Set Them In Motion 0:58
1-37 The Altitude Of The Body Observed Is Given While Observing The Vertically Hanging Bar Through The Two Brass Rings 0:59
1-38 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon 0:59
1-39 These Calibrations Are No Longer Clearly Visible 0:59
1-40 Another Flight Of Observation Steps And The Sense Of Quiet Rotation As I Ascend 1:00
1-41 I Study The Vaults Of A Shell In Which We Float 0:59
1-42 Twenty-seven Degrees, Thirty-seven Seconds 1:00
1-43 The Roofs Of The Enclosed Drums Are Implied By Shadows 0:59
1-44 Azimuth 0:59
1-45 These Are The Cool Engines Of Celestial Map-making 1:00
1-46 Here Is The Supreme Engine 0:59
1-47 The Sun Seen Through The Pair Of Brass Rings Is Used By The Bar To Indicate The Time From Sunrise Until Sunrise 1:00
1-48 A Pointer Indicates On Three Arms: West, North And East 0:59
1-49 Here Was The Supreme Engine 0:58
1-50 Engine Of Amplitude Has A Function Which Is No Longer Known 1:00
1-51 This Engine Is A Rectangular Brass Plate 0:59
2-01 Second Prologue 0:59
2-02 Once Complete Engine Is Formed By Two Differently Incomplete Parts Which Combined Provide Total Reference 1:00
2-03 At One Moment In The Year The Sun Shines Through A Hole In The Wall On To A Calibrated Arc 1:00
2-04 Shadow 1:00
2-05 The Positions And Altitudes Of Heavenly Bodies Maybe Gauged With This Engine 0:59
2-06 Some Steps Ascend Past Markings To A Platform 1:00
2-07 The Central Pillars Are Five Feet Three Inches In Diameter 0:58
2-08 On The East Face Are Inscribed Two Quadrants Of Twenty-feet Radius 1:00
2-09 The Plants Will Steal This Engine When We Have Gone 1:00
2-10 The Shadow Is Cast North/South At Noon By An Iron Pin 0:59
2-11 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon 1:00
2-12 These Steps Are Worn To A Ramp And Lead Nowhere 0:59
2-13 All The Lead Calibrations Are Warm To The Touch 1:00
2-14 It Is Only Necessary To Engrave A Scale Of The Tangents Along The Rim To Obtain A Direct Reading Of The Declination 0:17
2-15 Second Memory 0:43
2-16 The Lead Calibrations Are Poisonous To The Touch 0:59
2-17 This Is The North Pointer Engine 1:00
2-18 The Rim Of Each Hemisphere Is A Horizon Divided Into Degrees And Minutes 0:59
2-19 Here Is A Room To Divide The Sun Like An Orange 0:59
2-20 Sighting Bars Were Placed In The Slots Within The Chamber, But None Remain Now 0:59
2-21 The Sound Of Insects Here Studs The Night Like A Thousand Fizzing Stars 0:57
2-22 Access By Observers To Each Engine Is Gained By An Imperfection Which Differs From One To Another 1:02
2-23 These Structures Are Made In Receipt Of Starlight 0:54
2-24 Seven Of The Eight Rings Indicate Signs 0:31
2-25 Third Memory 0:35
2-26 Fourth Memory 1:07
2-27 I Have Observed And Measured For Seven Years 0:51
2-28 The Heavens Were Spherical 0:37
2-29 Fifth Memory 0:23
2-30 There Are Four Of These Arcs, Two In Each Chamber 0:58
2-31 These Are Instruments Fuelled By Shadow, And Engines Propelled By The Sliding Of The Skies 1:11
2-32 The Stars Are Ranged Across The Inner Shell Of A Vast Hollow Sphere In Which Hung The Earth 0:48
2-33 All The Gardens Will Concur. Here Is The Mixed Engine 0:59
2-34 I Will Build Other Gardens, Other Engines 0:58
2-35 And The Light Falls On The Circular Arcs 1:03
2-36 Beneath This Circle Is An Arc Of Masonry Steps For The Convenience Of Observes 1:00
2-37 Threads Can Be Pegged To The Centre Of Each Quadrant And Semicircle To Enable Observation 0:57
2-38 Here Is A Huge Vertical Right-Angled Triangle Made Of Stone 1:02
2-39 These Arcs Are Also Accessible By Numerous Flights Of Stairs 0:59
2-40 We Are Closer To The Sun Now 0:59
2-41 On The West Face Is Described A Semicircle Of Nineteen-Feet, Ten-Inch Radius 1:00
2-42 Into This Chamber No Ray Of Light Can Find Its Way Except Through Two Small Squares High In The South Wall 1:00
2-43 The Movement Of The Engines Produces A Scent 0:58
2-44 Sixth Memory 0:56
2-45 Pointing Towards The Pole An Iron Pin Is Fixed At Right Angles To The Centre Of A Dial 0:59
2-46 Some Of The Calibrations Are Now Submerged Beneath The Ground And Cannot Be Read 1:01
2-47 This Room Is A Lidless Drum 1:02
2-48 Seventh Memory 0:57
2-49 Near The Bottom Of The Wall Facing The South Side Of The Eastern Hemisphere There Is A Hole 1:59
2-50 There Are Arcs Made Of Marble Which Are Calibrated With Inlaid Lead In Degrees And Minutes 2:01
2-51 I Have Seen Charts Sent From Portugal But They Are Flawed And Full Of Error 1:01