Dear All,
I have been following this analemmatic thread with
particular interest since I have recently been giving
advice to a Swedish stone-cutter who wants to set a
dial out in her garden. She lives on the cold side
of 60 degrees north.
I especially noted:
I have been talking to people who
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, tony moss wrote:
Frank King Wrote,
Can some U.S. reader who knows all about cold
winters kindly let this temperate Brit know what is
likely to be found underneath this dial? Is there
really 1200mm of hard-core and elaborate drainage?
The pedestal of the Longyearbyen dial
I have tried two different mosaic methods (i) the standard amateur
direct method given in textbooks of siliconing vitreous glass tiles
onto an existing slab and then beating in mortar grout; and (ii) using
the reverse method, beating in a thin grout layer and then casting a
slab on top.
Anselmo requestd,
Now my doubts lie in materials: I have been talking to people hwo knows about
road construction and things like these and every one of them tells me a
different
thing about laying the numbers and the decorations. Any suggestion from you?
Ably assisted by Graham Aldred we
information on this beautiful dial.
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From: tony moss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sundial Mail List sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: On the greatest size of an analemmatic and more
Anselmo requestd,
Now my doubts lie in materials
PM
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: On the greatest size of an analemmatic and more
Dear all,
Needles to say, this mailing-list is wonderful!
Thanks for all your contributions on the greatest feasible size of an
analemmatic.
I have been making tests with the spreadsheet written by Roger
of the
analemmatic sundial in Murcia (Spain) and at
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cadrans-solaires/monde/rasht/images/Abb.2.jpg
Willy Leenders
Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium
anselmo wrote:
Dear all,
Needles to say, this mailing-list is wonderful!
Thanks for all your contributions on the greatest feasible size
set the date scale on a 30 cm step, you could add 15%,
making 8 m (25 ft) the maximum.
Best regards,
Frans Maes
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From: anselmo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: On the greatest size of an analemmatic
Dear
-Bill
In a message dated 4/9/2005 11:58:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Anselmo all,
In my webpage www.fransmaes.nl/sundials/ - "Analemmatic" - "extra info" -
"The human scale", I calculated the shadow paths for a 2 meter gnomon (human
with hands above head) in dials
Dear all,
Needles to say, this mailing-list is wonderful!
Thanks for all your contributions on the greatest feasible size of an
analemmatic.
I have been making tests with the spreadsheet written by Roger and Helmut and
simulations
with POV-RAY, and so far I do believe that 6 meter (18 ft) wide
Dear all,
I need your opinions and advice on which could be the greatest
*effective* size of an analemmatic sundial for average latitudes.
As you all know, for latitudes about 40 deg, the least longitude
of the style equals more or less the major semiaxis of the ellipse
so that the shadow can
good accuracy even if a modest size.
Chris Lusby Taylor
51.4N, 1.3W
- Original Message -
From: anselmo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:23 AM
Subject: On the greatest size of an analemmatic
Dear all,
I need your opinions and advice on which
-Bill
In a message dated 4/8/2005 2:28:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As you all know, for latitudes about 40 deg, the least longitude
of the style equals more or less the major semiaxis of the ellipse
so that the shadow can reach the ellipse on the worst case, this
of an analemmatic
Dear all,
I need your opinions and advice on which could be the greatest
*effective* size of an analemmatic sundial for average latitudes.
As you all know, for latitudes about 40 deg, the least longitude
of the style equals more or less the major semiaxis of the ellipse
so that the shadow
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