ay, April 29, 2009 1:19 PM
To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Are there any accurate mass-produced or reproduction
horizontalsundials?
Hi Ken,
I don't know you but I suppose that you are good gnomonist as many here. As
good gnomonist you should know that a very good fixed sundial
Thad wrote:
>Horizontal dials are very nice in that if they are made well to
>begin with, can easily be adjusted for any place in the world. When
>mounting a mass-produced dial made for 40 or 45 degrees in the UK,
>simply place a wedge of sorts under the northern side to bring the
>gnomon an
Hi Ken,
I don't know you but I suppose that you are good gnomonist as many here. As
good gnomonist you should know that a very good fixed sundial can't be
mass-produced. I mean you can produce it if you whant, but it will work for
only one latitude (unless you are thinking about armillari sfere
they can tilt their dial
up
> a degree on the left or west side for every degree into the time zone they
> are.
>
> Thad
> 45.3N 73.3W
>
> --- On Wed, 4/29/09, Chris Lusby Taylor
wrote:
>
> From: Chris Lusby Taylor
> Subject: Re: Are there any accurate mass-produced o
--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Chris Lusby Taylor wrote:
From: Chris Lusby Taylor
Subject: Re: Are there any accurate mass-produced or reproduction
horizontalsundials?
To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de, clar...@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 5:42 AM
Hi Ken,
The situation may be better in the
beautiful dial that ciuld never be accurate at
any latitude, that in many years he had never had a complaint and he wasnt
going to change his business now.
Simon
www.illustratingshadows.com
--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Chris Lusby Taylor wrote:
> From: Chris Lusby Taylor
> Subject: Re: Are there
Hi Ken,
The situation may be better in the USA, but here in the UK the main problem is
that practically all garden centre horizontals I've seen (I try to avoid them)
are made for a much lower latitude than our 50 to 58 degrees.
My advice to people asking this question has been to go for an adjust
