At 8:11 PM -0400 4/24/98, Tom Mchugh wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>A wealth of information on sundial practice, circa 1820 can
>be found in:
>
>"Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers (1819-20)",
Snip>>>
>
and is accompanied by
>42 illustrative figures on 4 pages of plates, pp 177 through 180.
Gentlemen:
R. Carlson
You might want to read through the following articles which have appeared
in The Compendium, the quarterly published by the North American Sundial
Society:
"A Vertical Decliner By Dialing Scales And Schema" by Fred Sawyer 5(1),
March 1998
"Towards A General Theory Of
I Just came across a book by Frank W. Cousins "SUNDIALS'
On page 204 it talks about using a ruler like device to layout the various
parts of a sundial.
This book has been out of print for several years, and I am not able to find
any other info on the use of "Dialing Scales&qu
