ANALEMMA is derived from the Greek ANA (above) and LEMMA (survey) and thus means 'survey from above' or ‘projection'. If you look at a large equatorial sundial (hoop sundial) from above, you see the elliptical pattern of an analemmatic sundial.
The figure-eight projection of the graphical representation of the equation of time also corresponds to that Greek name. Hence the confusion. An analemmatic sundial has nothing to do with the graphical representation of the equation of time. Willy Leenders Flanders in Belgium. > Op 16 aug. 2021, om 11:44 heeft John Davis via sundial <sundial@uni-koeln.de> > het volgende geschreven: > > Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die > eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. > > This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message > text is therefore in an attachment. > Van: John Davis <john.davi...@btopenworld.com> > Onderwerp: Antw.: Does this type of dial have a name? > Datum: 16 augustus 2021 om 11:44:31 CEST > Aan: Sundial List <sundial@uni-koeln.de>, peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au > > > Hi Peter, > > A descriptive name which is sometimes attached to dials like this is > 'analemmic', i.e. it has analemmas instead of hour lines but it is not an > analemmatic dial. > > Regards, > > John > ---------------------------------- > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Peter Mayer" <a1000...@adelaide.edu.au> > To: "Sundial List" <sundial@uni-koeln.de> > Sent: Monday, 16 Aug, 21 At 06:00 > Subject: Does this type of dial have a name? > > Hi, > A friend recently returned from Port Augusta and sent me photos of a > dial in the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden (attached). The > Garden describes it as a 'Projection Dial', but clearly that isn't a > unique name for this form of sundial with EOT corrections for > each hour. The earliest example I've seen described is the vertical > dial by Père Ildephonse at the Convent Cimiez-Sur-Nice (the > illustration is from Cousins' Sundials which dates from c. 1876. Is > this the earliest example of such a dial? And, again: does it have a > unique name? > best wishes, > Peter > > > -- > ----------- > Peter Mayer > Department of Politics & International Relations (POLIR) > School of Social Sciences > http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/polis/ > <http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/polis/> > The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 > Ph : +61 8 8313 5609 > Fax : +61 8 8313 3443 > e-mail: peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au <mailto:peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au> > CRICOS Provider Number 00123M > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) > and contains information that may be confidential > and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient > please notify the sender by reply email > and immediately delete this email. > Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone > other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. > No representation is made that this email or any attachment > are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the > responsibility of the recipient. > -- > https://www.adelaide.edu.au/study/ <https://www.adelaide.edu.au/study/> > --------------------------------------------------- > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > <https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial> > > > > > > Dr J Davis > Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/ > <http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/> > BSS Editor http://sundialsoc.org.uk/publications/the-bss-bulletin/ > <http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulletin.php> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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