Re: Analemmatic dials at schools ?

2011-04-24 Thread Tony Moss
Hi again Martina, With around 30,000 primary schools (in the UK alone), even if just 5% (1 in 20) of them bought a Teaching Sundial at a cost of (say) 500 Pounds - that is a 'turnover' of three-quarters-of-a-million ! Thinking about a worldwide market, you can see the possibilities. In the

Re: Analemmatic dials at schools ?

2011-04-24 Thread Martina Addiscott
In message 4db41957.7040...@lindisun.demon.co.uk Tony Moss t...@lindisun.demon.co.uk wrote: Hi again Martina, With around 30,000 primary schools (in the UK alone), even if just 5% (1 in 20) of them bought a Teaching Sundial at a cost of (say) 500 Pounds - that is a 'turnover' of

Re: Analemmatic dials at schools ?

2011-04-24 Thread Willy Leenders
An email unfinished came to you. Sorry. You will become a definitive one . Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Op 23-apr-2011, om 21:24 heeft Claude Hartman het volgende geschreven: I would like to question the instructional qualities of analemmatic sundials. Unlike Tony

Re: Analemmatic dials at schools ?

2011-04-24 Thread Willy Leenders
Claude Hartman claims that an analemmatic sundial is the projection of a polar sundial (the dial plate is set along the East-West direction and inclines so that it is parallel with the polar axis). It will be easier to explain why a vertical person or staff casts a shadow to the hour points on

Re: Analemmatic dials at schools ?

2011-04-24 Thread Claude Hartman
Thank you Willy. That is indeed the type of graphic that is needed. Frans Maes is to be complimented for this diagram approach to explaining the principle. In contemplating this diagram, I think it is important to point out that the ellipse is not a shadow. What then is the reason that the

perforated ring dial

2011-04-24 Thread Donald Christensen
Does anyone know where I can get software for a perforated ring dial. -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorized use of this email is subject to penalty of law.