Frank,
Quite right, of course, though I was commenting on "you can relax after your
Christmas dinner in the knowledge that your new watch will be telling the same
time as your sundial."
As ever, a pleasure to read your comments.
Best wishes,
Mike---
Dear Mike,
It is worse than you assert...
> The Sun's position coincides with GMT
> on four days of the year...
> ... this is only true if you live on
> the standard meridian appropriate to
> your time zone.
Given that they are talking about GMT,
it is not sufficient to be close to
your friendl
Mike
You make a very valid point.
Andrew
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From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 21 December 2009 17:16
To: and...@lucastes.co.uk; sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Some useful resource material
Andrew,
In the article at: http://plus.maths.org/issue53
Andrew,
In the article at: http://plus.maths.org/issue53/features/mee/index.html
it states:
<>
But this is only true if you live on the standard meridian appropriate to your
time zone.
It's only 2 (different) days where I live at 3º West, and none at all if you
live more than 16 minutes (4º)
Ladies & Gentlemen
The following may be of interest to you ~ particularly as a resource for
those who give talks.
http://plus.maths.org/issue53/features/mee/index.html
It addresses the very issue that led to my interest in Sundials ~ the
Analemma!
To my shame I have never got beyond the general
