Tony, John, Robert and all,
Several people wanted a quick answer and sketches of the particular
ridge dial mentioned, not a more complete coverage of ridge dials at
this time. So, Here it is in acrobat pdf form.
http://www.vandp.com/redvand.pdf
It is about 100K in size.
Enjoy the Light!
Edle
Anselmo Pérez Serrada wrote:
> Hi everyone,Now that you're talking about drainage inclinations,
> I'd like to pose a lexical question: Which is the
> difference between 'inclination' and 'slope'? As far as I can see, I
> gather that in English both are interchangeable ter
Robert Terwilliger wrote:
>
> All,
>
> This is the sort of (Way off topic) reply that should properly be
> addressed to the sender only.
>
> But...
>
> J D S wrote:
>
> > these swords protruded out to the left of the rider and if two of these
> > gentlemen met in a narrow lane there would be
Hi all,
I think it's OK with John Davis definitions of
inclination as the angle to the
horizontal and reclination as the angle to the
vertical, both as technical
terms and regardless our rich and venerable common
languages could
say... The problem is that in some articles I have
seen the
Hi Anselmo,
I believe that the difference between the two systems of EoT is that
one is the reciprocal function. That is that one is from solar to
standard where the other is from standard to solar. There does seem
to be a difference of opinion on which is correct, solar or standard
time. I
Hi Edley, Since I began with sundials, I wondered about this eot thing, the
british say that in januari the sun is fast, yet the definition of eot is:
the difference: mean time minus real time, on the same moment. As man
invented mean time, I think the eot curve , starting to go up from 26
decembe
>> A motto on a sundial around here is: "Sais tu mortel à quoi que je
sers, à marquer le temps que tu perds" (Do you know, mortal, to what I
serve, to indicate the time you waste).
It is dedicated to all who make improper use of this list. <<
I do hope that this doesn't mean that you're trying
fritz, thank you very much. I found, ordered the article and found it in my
mail box in a few days. the article was informative. I am a newby Dialist
and working on my own Helio chronometer. I have a question about the
anelamma, does the shape of the anelamma ,in a Helio chronometer, vary with
dif