Dear John, Do you think Mr. Phillips really is willing to go along with such an idea? If so, I have been considering the options a bit further.
The explanation in Karl Schwarzinger's webpage has January outermost and December innermost. For a human shadowcaster, it would be easier to have June innermost, as his/her shadow will be short. Next May + July, which see about the same solar declination, then April + August, etc. The spacing of the month rings can be adapted to the average person's shadow length in that month. You might stop at March + September, as there is not much going on in the remaining months, according to the Year Calender in the Estate's website (http://www.kentwell.co.uk/). The type of pavement/planting may limit the accuracy of reading. If one does not care about high precision, one could average the azimuth values of two months (like May and July) and use this single value. The placement of the month names is free. They could be aligned with the main driveway, thereby fulfilling another of Mr. Phillips' requirements. We still have the wish/requirement for scales having the hour points at the south side. This could be met by reversing the lay-out, as follows: Rotate the rings by 180 degrees. The person walks the ring for the present month until his/her shadow points at the center spot/post. Then he/she reads the time from his/her position. This makes the dial even more 'interactive' than the usual analemmatic dial! What do you think? Best regards, Frans Maes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > YES!!! Why didn't any of us think of this? > John > > > --- On Sat, 28/6/08, Frans W. Maes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Frans W. Maes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Advice wanted, on 'Analemmatic' sundial orientation >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de >> Date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008, 9:51 PM >> Dear John, >> >> What you describe resembles an azimuth sundial. See for >> instance the >> Plochingen sundial in Karl Schwarzinger's collection: >> http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild44_e.htm >> In this case, there would be no clear-cut alignment with >> anything, >> including the (in)famous path... >> >> Best regards, >> Frans >> www.fransmaes.nl/sundials --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
