Fer, Thanks for the Capuchin drawing. It indeed would work and is easy to construct. Three peices not counting the string. Two setup ajustments for Latitude, and one adjustment for daily use. The dotted line that spans the red box from top left to bottom right would probably have to be a bar with a slot it it to adjust for the date.
++ron >Hello All, > >On this list there has been quite a bit of interest in Capuchin dials >and I remembered another one of which principle a picture is attached. >It was sold by Pollähne, Germany, and it was made out of plastic >material or perspex. >I have seen it years ago, but I haven't an exapmple of it. > >The red part with its deliniation can be rotated around the 12 hour >point to set the latitude. >A ruler slides over the red part and has to be set at the same latitude. >On that ruler the cord is set to the date. > > >All the best, Fer. > > >-- >Fer J. de Vries >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.iaehv.nl/users/ferdv/ >lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E >
