---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Ossipoff <email9648...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 14:04 Subject: Re: Adjusting dial to new location To: Rod Wall <rodwall1...@gmail.com>
Yes, because you’ve moved the dial south, you tip it south. The wedge-use is as you say, but I’d prefer a flat, vertical-edge shim, because it wouldn’t experience a force tending to push it out. On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 06:45 Rod Wall <rodwall1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > For both examples below with all sundials at the same Longitude. The > instructions indicate: > > Place the wedge-sundial assembly on a horizontal surface in a nice sunny > location. *Start with the higher end of the wedge to the north* and the > sides aligned on a north-south line and the sharp edge should be on an > east-west line. > > Example 1: > > If you have a sundial that was designed for Latitude -20 deg. And relocate > it at Latitude -50 deg. > > Would you start with the higher end of the 30 deg wedge to the North. Or > would it be to the South? > > ***** > > Example 2: > > If you have a sundial that was designed for Latitude 50 deg. And relocate > it at 20 deg. > > Would you start with the higher end of the 30 deg wedge to the North. Or > would it be to the South? > > ***** > > Please correct me if I am wrong. I think that both examples would be to > the South. > > Roderick. > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > >
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