Hello Friends,
It would a kindness if any of you could supply URL(s) for pictures of
excellent analemmatic sundials which incorporate flowers (or other
small plants), either as integral pieces of the dial, or as pleasant
surroundings.
Thanks for your time.
Mac Oglesby
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Nicola,
You are right as you say that in literature usualy the planetory hours are
equal to seasonal hours.
Nevertheless the definition by Drecker (and Sacrobosco) is worth to look at.
And it can be used as a timesystem.
If it is a practical system or it is just forgotten is another discussion.
D
Sara,
Yes, there are many dials with planetary hours as seasonal or unequal hours,
but what I meant to say is that I never saw a real dial with planetary hours
as
Drecker defined.
In the note by Drecker is written as defintion by Sacrobosco:
Hora naturalis est spatium temporis, in quo medietas s
Dear Fer and Noam,
I doubt of Drecker. I am sorry for my incapacity to write in correct english as
it is not easy for me write about this in english. In any case, you write:
"Drecker defines the planetary hours in his book as the rise of 15 degrees on
the ecliptica. He makes a note in his book
At 04:03 AM 5/16/2007, fer de vries wrote:
>So far as I know this time sytem isn't seen on any real sundial.
Planetary hours do appear on a fair number of renaissance sundials
and astronomical compendia. They are usually given in the form of a
table of information that assigns the ruling planet
Nicola,
In this discussion you write:
"The Planetary hours are equal to the seasonal hours .."
In most of the literature this is true but according to Joseph Drecker
(1925) the planetary hours are different from seasonal hours.
Drecker defines the planetary hours in his book as the rise o
You wrote:
"This is why there is a difference between seasonal and planetary hours...".
Where is the difference between seasonal and planetary hours?
The Planetary hours are egual to the seasonal hours and are differently only
for a philosophical and astrological concepts. All treatises of gnomo
