re how italian dials

2010-03-31 Thread Frank Evans
Greetings, fellow dialists, I'm starting to think that for a vertical dial in Italian hours it would be simplest to use the old dialist's trick of laying it out as a horizontal dial at ninety degrees away. Frank ---

Re: re how italian dials

2010-03-31 Thread Frank King
Dear Frank, This is an interesting thought... I'm starting to think that for a vertical dial in Italian hours it would be simplest to use the old dialist's trick of laying it out as a horizontal dial at ninety degrees away. I think you will find a tiny snag or two in this approach! You

Re: re how italian dials

2010-03-31 Thread Fabio Savian
; Sundial sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:24 PM Subject: Re: re how italian dials Dear Frank Sorry, but I'm pretty sure you can't use that trick because Italian and Babylonian time are local in a way that modern hours are not. The modern time at a location ninety degrees