Andrew James wrote: > If, instead of standing on the central "month" scale, the user finds and > stands on or near the hour number which casts his shadow onto the > appropriate date, the numbers might be arranged to the South rather than > to the North of the centre. This requires more action on the part of the > user.
Best practical suggestion I've seen yet! It would require making the date line markers visible from a distance, or possibly a daily (or weekly) placing of a small pylon by facility personnel. > If the hours were not in a horizontal plane, perhaps they could be > arranged to lie on a semicircle in some other plane - though not, I > think, what Mr Phillips would like? Considering the relatively (to central US) high latitude, it might not be too extreme. Something like a ramped walkway (semi)encircling the area of the dial face. Dave --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
