Hi All, Good point of Fer de Vries.
>> I have the following suggestions: - build a spider-sundial. You will have nice circles for the dates. The place you can stand as a human shadowcasting person can be on the path. If you place the majority of the hourlines and no horizon lines, the pattern is not visually related to the north. The marks for the date-circle can by on the path on the sunny southside . In this way I think the path can feel like the central axis of the dail. There is only 1 point where you can stand is a human gnomon. That is a small concession I think. - an other solution I thought of is one analemma on the path and 1 standing fixed gnomon beside the path. I we seek a bit I think that there is an analemma which is aligned with the path for 1 hour. Although you don't have a human shadow casting person, and there is only 1 hour marked, I think it will be nice and gives someone the feeling that the sun guides the path. Kind regards, Hendrik Hollander [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.analemma.biz lat 52 23' long 4 57' ----- Original Message ----- From: "fer de vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <sundial@uni-koeln.de> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Advice wanted, on 'Analemmatic' sundial orientation > Alison, > > Well, you got a number of answers that it won't work, but.... > > Forget the analemmatic sundial and look for a shadowplane or hourplane > sundial. > Several of the wanted demands can be realized. > It is an interactive dial, it has the hourpoints at the south side and the > hourpoints can be in a circle. > > Have a look at our website: > http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl > Work of members > Archives 2003 > Month 03-02 > > Best wishes, Fer. > > Fer J. de Vries > > De Zonnewijzerkring > http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl > > Molens > http://www.collsemolen.dse.nl > > Eindhoven, Netherlands > lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alison Shields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <sundial@uni-koeln.de> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:57 PM > Subject: Advice wanted, on 'Analemmatic' sundial orientation > > >> >> Dear Sundial Experts, >> >> I have recently joined this Mailing List, and hope that any members >> will be able to give me some assistance on the following situation. >> >> Our local Stately Home ("Kentwell Hall", Long Melford, Suffolk) is >> considering installing an Analemmatic sundial, as a new interactive >> attraction for visitors - but we are getting 'conflicting' advice, >> on whether this 'Human Sundial' will work in the way we want it to. >> >> >> We have been in discussion with "Modern Sunclocks" (apparently the >> acknowledged 'experts' for these features), who have told us that >> its central scale of dates must be aligned North/South - plus that >> hour markers must be correctly positioned on an elliptical ring, >> and which would lie on the Northern side of that scale of dates. >> >> Photographs on their website ( www.sunclocks.com ) confirm this. >> >> >> However, our 'Director of Operations' (Mr Phillips) absolutely >> INSISTS that he wants the scale to run exactly parallel with our >> main driveway - on a compass bearing which is about 162 degrees >> from North, with the hour points placed on its Southern side. >> >> He also wants the hour points to form an exact semi-circle, and >> not be elliptical in shape. Mr Phillips refuses to accept that >> he cannot arbitrarily position the Human Sundial feature as he >> wishes, and says that it must be possible to create this so that >> it could then align with the existing layout of buildings/paths. >> >> >> Can anyone on this Mailing List tell me whether it is possible to >> install a Human Sundial to fit any existing orientations, (with >> appropriate re-calculation of its component parts) - or, if not, >> just confirm that it must be as "Modern Sunclocks" have told me. >> >> I can then show the 'weight of evidence' to Mr Phillips. Because >> "Kentwell Hall" is a well-known Stately Home (open to the public), >> we should not want to become a 'laughing stock' by installing a >> feature which does not work - despite Mr Phillips assurance that >> "all types of sundial can be adjusted to work, in any location". >> >> >> Looking forward to all comments (to this List, or sent privately). >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Alison Shields. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
