Dear Joseph Pastor,
I am sorry, but I have to pour some water into your wine and give a comment.
If I look at the images of these architects dreams in your indicated
links
Is this the spirit of our time? Cold, empty, the uncomfortable smell of
calculations-Maths, sundials redu
Dear Alison,
You have had a number of replies from experts greater than I, and they
all say the same thing which I can't add to. I especially liked the one
which suggested that Mr Phillips stand there and act as the gnomon
(which is what you will be expecting the public to do). I suggest you
chall
Alison,
You also can ask him to be dressed like the Wizard Merlin before starting the
self educational process described by Peter. This might help and make the
spectacle more amusing :-)
Best regards,
Ricardo
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Dear Alison,
I think the experts have already told you what you need to know.
Of course, re-aligning the drive to run North-South would help a little.
This should be easier for Mr Phillips than re-aligning the Earth's axis.
Placing the whole estate on a turntable would be an alternative allowing
Alison,
Well, you got a number of answers that it won't work, but
Forget the analemmatic sundial and look for a shadowplane or hourplane
sundial.
Several of the wanted demands can be realized.
It is an interactive dial, it has the hourpoints at the south side and the
hourpoints can be in a
Andrew James wrote:
> If, instead of standing on the central "month" scale, the user finds and
> stands on or near the hour number which casts his shadow onto the
> appropriate date, the numbers might be arranged to the South rather than
> to the North of the centre. This requires more action on t
> Andrew James wrote:
>
> > If, instead of standing on the central "month" scale, the user finds and
> > stands on or near the hour number which casts his shadow onto the
> > appropriate date, the numbers might be arranged to the South rather than
> > to the North of the centre. This requires more
Hi All,
Good point of Fer de Vries.
>>
I have the following suggestions:
- build a spider-sundial. You will have nice circles for the dates. The
place you can stand as a human shadowcasting person can be on the path. If
you place the majority of the hourlines and no horizon lines, the patter
