>
> Any non-declining dial...i.e. any dial whose style is in the
> meridional-plane, can be easily & briefly explained as a Horizontal Dial at
> a different latitude.
Sorry, I meant to say "...any dial for which the normal to the dial's flat
shadow-receiving plane is in the meridional-plane..."
On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 6:57 PM Michael Ossipoff
wrote:
> ...and the Horizontal-Dial, if not in shade, tells time whenever the Sun
> is up, and is readable from every direction, if the person is sufficiently
> close to it....and, in general, the Flat-Dials are the easiest-built
> dials.
>
...and the Horizontal-Dial, if not in shade, tells time whenever the Sun is
up, and is readable from every direction, if the person is sufficiently
close to it....and, in general, the Flat-Dials are the easiest-built
dials.
On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:34 PM Peter Mayer
wrote:
> Hi Rudolph,
>
I agree about Analemmataic Dials not being educational, except for
students who are interested in the trig and willing to listen to, study and
work on the subject. Some are, and for them it would be great.
But for most people, it's just a magic-trick, as you pointed out. The
Analemmatic has the
