Ken the advice to look for an armillary dial is wise. Horizontal garden dials are made for one or two generic latitudes and can be ocrrected by tilting to the north or south around the east/west axis.
Portable dials made in India are seriously flawed, although you may find other sources in other countries making dials that cannot be corrected. Go to my web page and look at "WHAT NOT TO BUY", and "WHAT TO DO NOW YOU HAVE BOUGHT IT". Or words to that effect. And I link to the other known pamphlets other sites have on this issue. One vendor told me regarding a beautiful dial that ciuld never be accurate at any latitude, that in many years he had never had a complaint and he wasnt going to change his business now. Simon www.illustratingshadows.com --- On Wed, 4/29/09, Chris Lusby Taylor <clusbytay...@enterprise.net> wrote: > From: Chris Lusby Taylor <clusbytay...@enterprise.net> > Subject: Re: Are there any accurate mass-produced or reproduction > horizontalsundials? > To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de, clar...@aol.com > Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 3:42 AM > > > > > > > > Hi Ken, > The situation may be > better in the USA, but here in > the UK the main problem is that practically all garden > centre horizontals I've > seen (I try to avoid them) are made for a much lower > latitude than our 50 to 58 > degrees. > My advice to people asking > this question has been > to go for an adjustable dial, which mostly means an > armillary sphere, which is > going to cost a lot more than $100. > > Several dialists with Web > sites have published > guidelines for purchasers: how to identify a good sundial > by looking at its > angles, the 6am-6pm line, noon gap and so on. There's > been good discussion on > this list, too - you could look in the > archives. > > I'd say that the noon > gap is likely to be the least > of your problems. > > Good luck > Chris > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > clar...@aol.com > > To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de > > Sent: Wednesday, > April 29, 2009 9:47 > AM > Subject: Are there > any accurate > mass-produced or reproduction horizontalsundials? > > > Hi > everyone, > > Some > people ask me for recommendations on what sundial to > buy. But most do not want to spend > a > lot of money. Are there any mass-produced or > reproduction horizontal sundials that are reasonably > accurately made? Where the gnomon is on the 6 > ‘o’clock > line, with a noon gap, and both styles have a clean edge > and under $100.00. > > > A > lot of museums sell the small 4 ½ inch diameter gray > zinc sundial that looks > like it is made correctly till you notice that there is > no noon gap for only > about $15.oo now. > If > only it was made correctly. I > am > looking for something larger for a > garden. > Thanks in advance, > Ken Clark > Elizabethtown, PA > > > > Big > > savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
