...& thank you for doing so, because online calculators & dial-printing programs make sundials readily accessible to everyone.
On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 5:15 PM Steve Lelievre < steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael, > > Yes, I recognize that to get Mean Time involves Equation of Time > adjustment and that Equation of Longitude can be handled there to give > Standard Time (or DST). > > But anyway, my inquiry was to seek an online wedge calculator. Nobody > identified one and a week seemed an adequate wait for responses, so I've > just written one. Anyone who's interested, please see > > > https://sundials.org/index.php/teachers-corner/sundial-construction/367-easy-dial-adjustment-for-your-latitude > > Cheers, > > Steve > > On 2023-04-02 1:41 p.m., Michael Ossipoff wrote: > > I just want to mention that the shim under the north or south edge of the > dial is only for latitude. Longitude is corrected-for by changing the > constant term of the Sundial-Time to Clock-Time conversion. > > But usually Sundial-Time, Local True Solar Time, is what I’d want from a > sundial. > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 14:30 Steve Lelievre < > steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone point me to an existing online calculator for making a wedge >> to adjust a horizontal dial to a new latitude and longitude? >> >> I am not asking for an explanation of how to do the calculation; I just >> want to be able to point people to a calculator that has already been >> proved on the internet. It should use the original location (latitude >> and longitude) and the new location to calculate the angle of slope of >> the wedge and the required rotation from the meridian. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >>
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