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
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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
; 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