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From: Claude Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: New Sundial books?
Is there a collection of those CLOCKS magazine articles?
Hi Claude and all,
The Sundials on the Internet site
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To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: New Sundial books?
Is there a collection of those CLOCKS magazine articles?
Hi Claude and all,
The Sundials on the Internet site
http://www.sundials.co.uk/home3.htm
has a number of articles by Ta'Bois
I totally agree with Gianni's remarks on his 'Five Reading Suggestions'.
I would add another
two italian books: 'L'ombra e il tempo' by Aldo Trinchero and the
'Prontuario Gnomonico'
by Fabio Savian. In my opinion Mayalls' book is very good for beginners
(better than Waugh's).
On the
. And it might be
the start for a really NEW sundial book...
Regards,
Frans W. Maes
53.1N, 6.5E
- Original Message -
From: Claude Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: New Sundial books?
Hi dialists!
Does anyone know of a book
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Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: New Sundial books?
Hi dialists!
Does anyone know of a book written for beginning dialists that uses hand
calculators?
The most widely available books here in the U.S. seems to be those of
Waugh and of the Mayalls. To use
Did he pass away? I have an autographed copy of the 1994 edition.. Ap
I think he did, though I cannot be sure.
Richard.
E-mail from: Richard Mallett, 15-Oct-2003
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Hello Claude!
Since I am a lover of books, I have tried to gather, or at least to know,
all the books on Sundials that are available currently in Italian (my
language), in English, in French and in Spanish.
Among them those that deal the study of the sundials not using mathematics
as
There is also a book by Peter I. Drinkwater, the title should be something like
'The art of sundial construction' (?).
Regards
Alexei Pace
Malta
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Hello Claude!
Since I am a lover of books, I have tried to gather, or at least to
: New Sundial books?
There is also a book by Peter I. Drinkwater, the title should be something
like 'The art of sundial construction' (?).
Regards
Alexei Pace
Malta
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!
Hope you find it useful.
Tony Ashmore.
- Original Message -
From: Claude Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: New Sundial books?
Hi dialists!
Does anyone know of a book written for beginning dialists that uses hand
A very useful book is PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY: A User-friendly Handbook
for Skywatchers, by H. Robert Mills and published by Albion Publishing
of Chichester, Sussex, England. ISBN 1-898563-02-0 (hardback) or
1-898563-00-4 (paperback). Reprinted 2000.
He was a wonderful old man who walked with two
I have an autographed copy of the 1994 edition..
Ap
At 23:21 14/10/03, you wrote:
A very useful book is PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY: A User-friendly Handbook
for Skywatchers, by H. Robert Mills and published by Albion Publishing
of Chichester, Sussex, England. ISBN 1-898563-02-0 (hardback) or
Hi dialists!
Does anyone know of a book written for beginning dialists that uses hand
calculators?
The most widely available books here in the U.S. seems to be those of
Waugh and of the Mayalls. To use a calculator with Waugh requires
translating all the logarithm formulas. Mayall puts all
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