Additional thoughts on an Octagon House.
Use Google Earth for locating layout and orientation on the landscape. Use
Google Earth in combination with Google Sketchup to build a 3D model. You
can then actually subject the building to simulated sun/shade. There should
be some on this list who can
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From: Rodney Heil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Ideas Sought
To: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Come to think of it, you'll probably want a LARGE window in the south side
and southeast side for observing the river, and
Hi Patrick:
I think that this little dial you found is almost just like the Dial 112-
The Owens Reflected Dial on our SGS website (20th Century SGS), only
smaller
I didnt know how to classify it, so I just called it a
reflected dial.
See:
http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Gl
On Tue, September 2, 2008 4:16 pm, Rodney Heil wrote:
> It would be relatively straightforward to have a small window in the
roof on
> the center of the south side, so that a sunbeam coming through it at
solar noon strikes the chimney (or stove pipe). Then place markings on
the chimney to indica
It would be relatively straightforward to have a small window in the roof on
the center of the south side, so that a sunbeam coming through it at solar
noon strikes the chimney (or stove pipe). Then place markings on the
chimney to indicate the date.
A step beyond this would be to fashion the chi
Can anyone throw light on the interesting device to be found at
http://tinyurl.com/5gnqz6
It appears to be a genuine scientific instrument made by "Smith & Beck" 6
Coleman St. London
I am told that this company changed its name to "Smith" in about 1850.
Size = 145mm X 120
It folds in two place
Good point!
31*48'06.18" N 97*18'30.15" W
431' ASL
No restrictions other than trees East and West - lots of trees, but fairly open
to the South and North.
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From: Chris Lusby Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lloyd Tackitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; sundial@uni-koeln.de
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Hello Lloyd,
I'm sure there are many on this mailing list who will offer ideas for your
exciting project. Orienting the walls due north/south etc would probably make
the sundial design easiest. 22.5 degrees to that would, perhaps, be more
interesting. Can you please help us by telling us the lat
Hello!
I am in the early planning stages of building an Octagon house. The house will
have a central fireplace. I have no building restrcitions and can orient the
house any way I choose - I do have a great river view directly to the South
that will be the main focus of the house.
In designing
