I have seen much worthy comment on the above giving far more information
than I could possibly imagine.
However,
and please do take this to be a constructive comment,
Is it likely to have helped Judith in her quest
If I have missed something then please forgive me.
Regards
Andrew Pet
Hi Andrew
As a former beginning dialist I know how Judith feels. While interesting to
the List, all of the ideas about transparencies, lasers, an auxiliary dials
probably just confused poor Judith.
As it turned out (in my opinion), her original idea was correct.
John
John L. Carmichael Jr.
Sun
I agree, John.
At one solstice the EoT is about +2 minutes, and at the other it is about -2
minutes so there would be only a slight discrepancy. Too small to worry
about, especially as this is a junior school project and Judith is trying to
avoid too much complicated explanation.
I like her appr
Thank you everyone for all your e-mails. A lot of the e-mails were too
technical for what I wanted to incorporate with my elementary-age children.
However, the information was quite insightful and creative in it's own
right, and worth a try in the future.
I will basically be taking the hourly
Andrew,
The sundial list has served a dual purpose. The last note I got from Judith
said that she was going to use the original method of marking the ceiling,
using the new dates that I suggested. And, the discussion that followed seemed
to be interesting to a lot of people on the list. Look
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, John Carmichael wrote:
> As a former beginning dialist I know how Judith feels. While interesting to
> the List, all of the ideas about transparencies, lasers, an auxiliary dials
> probably just confused poor Judith.
>
> As it turned out (in my opinion), her original idea was
Dear Sundialists:
Thank you again for your notes of assistance and comments. This e-mail
group is very useful, with responses that are both attentive and thorough.
I will try to keep my note brief.
With a great south facing house, the mirror placed half-way up the window,
and limiting the hours
I enclose the following description of school/college project.
"...Let me set the stage for that. There is a great sunny dining hall. At noon it is filled not only by undergraduates, but also by the first and fourth grade children of the new elementary school, whose quarters are n
Dear Dialists,
So, it looks like Fer de Vries suggestion to use something, his
program maybe, to at least be sure of the mirror placement being able
to project all the hour lines and declination lines wanted on the
ceiling rather than elsewhere is actually a very good idea.
I've never tried t
Andrew Pettit contributed,
>
>Is it likely to have helped Judith in her quest
>
As one of the 'guilty parties' I take your point Andrew but surely a
mailing list thread isn't just a straight Q&A device? It is an
opportunity to share know-how on all aspects of the subject in hand with,
h
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