Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-11 Thread rodwall1...@gmail.com
ichael Ossipoff" , "Schechner, Sara" Cc: "Sundial List" Subject: Dyptich sundial - help! Date: Sun, Aug 12, 2018 7:31 AM Hi, For those who are interested. A Boy Scout Sun Watch. https://m.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-1920-1922-ANTIQUE-BOY-SCOUTS-SUN-WATCH-COMPASS-ANSONIA-Co

Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-11 Thread rodwall1...@gmail.com
eply message - From: "Michael Ossipoff" To: "Schechner, Sara" Cc: "Sundial List" Subject: Dyptich sundial - help! Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2018 7:38 AM Sara and John-- But it's said that the hour-lines for Babylonian, Italian, and co-Italian hours are straight line

Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-10 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Sara and John-- But it's said that the hour-lines for Babylonian, Italian, and co-Italian hours are straight lines, as they are on all the other dials that I've seen that have Babylonian &/or Italian hours. Michael Ossipoff On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Schechner, Sara wrote: > I am camping

Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-10 Thread Schechner, Sara
I am camping at Stellafane with little connection, so will keep this brief until I return to civilization! The gnomon is adjustable for different latitudes. The choice determines the correct horizontal scale to use around the compass. The 2 pin gnomon scaphe sundial are for finding Italian an

Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-10 Thread Schechner, Sara
The diptych was made by Thomas Ducher. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Michael Ossipoff mailto:email9648...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yes, the Boy Scouts of America at least used to sell a Compass-Oriented Dyptich dial with several concentric rings, each having different hour-lines,

Re: Dyptich sundial - help!

2018-08-10 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Yes, the Boy Scouts of America at least used to sell a Compass-Oriented Dyptich dial with several concentric rings, each having different hour-lines, and with its string-gnomon adjustable for latitude, with several attachment-points on the vertical surface. I think it accommodated 3 latitudes. The

Non-standard Time Zones [was Re: Vertical declining sundial help]

2008-07-27 Thread Peter Mayer
ecause it has the new ones, a larger set of notes on using them, and still has the old macros as well for those who like the smaller macros. --- On Sun, 7/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Vertica

Re: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-27 Thread Helmut Sonderegger (Tele2)
riginal Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jlcarmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Sundial list Sundial list" Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: RE: Vertical declining sundial help Well, maybe it would not be enough, but some agreement in the sund

RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-27 Thread Simon [illustratingshadows
macros as well for those who like the smaller macros. --- On Sun, 7/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Vertical declining sundial help > To: "jlcarmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > C

RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Initial Header --- >From : "John Carmichael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : "Ricardo Cernic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : "sun.dials" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"yan" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"sundial" sundial@uni-koeln.de Date :

RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread John Carmichael
x27;s something to think about, for sure. -Original Message- From: Ricardo Cernic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:39 PM To: jlcarmichael Cc: sun.dials; yan; sundial Subject: RE: Vertical declining sundial help Yan, John raised a very good point. I've tested most of

RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread Ricardo Cernic
10:20:08 -0700 Assunto: RE: Vertical declining sundial help > p.s. > > A word of warning about using any of these sundial design programs- > > These sundial programs ask you to input the characteristics of the sundial > you want. > > But they all use different nomencl

RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread John Carmichael
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RE: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread John Carmichael
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R: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
zech. It can be freely downloade from my web pages : http://digilander.libero. it/orologi.solari Try and let me know ! Gian Casalegno >Messaggio originale >Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Data: 26/07/2008 15.46 >A: >Ogg: Vertical declining sundial help > >I've been interested i

Re: Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread Simon [illustratingshadows
r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Vertical declining sundial help > To: sundial@uni-koeln.de > Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 7:46 AM > I've been interested in sundials for a long time but > I've never built > one. As an engineer by trade, I have some understanding

Vertical declining sundial help

2008-07-26 Thread Yan Seiner
I've been interested in sundials for a long time but I've never built one. As an engineer by trade, I have some understanding of the math, but never actually having used the equations for a real project my understanding hasn't been tested. :-) We recently bought a house that has a perfect locat

Re: Antique Sundial Help

1998-12-09 Thread Chris Lusby
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Antique Sundial Help

1998-12-08 Thread Fox Moon
I have an antique sundial that has been in the family for many generations but I have been unable to learn anything about its history.? It is a 5-inch square brass plate with brass triangular pointer and is hand-engraved with Roman numerals, E,W,N,S, and "Vaack Symmes".? I have not even been able

Re: sundial help

1998-07-05 Thread Gordon Uber
Greg, Many math books and handbooks have tables of tangents; many pocket calculators will calculate them, and computer spreadsheet programs usually can calculate them also. The cotangent is the reciprocal of (that is, one divided by) the tangent. Also, the cotangent of an angle equals the tange