Jeff Adkins wrote:
I'll bet you get a variety of answers on this one, given our international
audience!
But just to stimulate responses, I'll throw my two cents worth in here. This
is how I pronounce them, not how the dictionary says to pronounce them
necessarily. All caps is the
Peter Hirtle wrote:
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Another thing I would like to know is if there is an analogy that makes
the equation of time and the shape of the analemma intuitively obvious?
Peter
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Peter Hirtle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seattle, WA.
Just look at the wonderful explanations at
francois.pineau2 wrote:
Hello all,
A few month ago, I asked any questions about sun compasses on this
list. I have found many informations on this toppic and I have put
them on the following web page:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/.atco/cadrans/navigation/navi_uk.htm
If someone have more
Tom McHugh wrote:
Art, et al.,
Arthur Carlson wrote:
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I am myself still uncertain of the basic classification of types of
sundials.
For my purposes I have been classifying sundials into three categories,
1. those which show time by the sun's hour angle,
2. those which show
Warren Thom wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know how to pronounce Fer as in Fer de Vries. Is it like
fur as in the coat of a mink or fair as in a fair young maiden? I bet you
are watching this Fer.
With all due respect to those minds greater than mine.
Warren Thom (42N 88W)
Yes
I'll bet you get a variety of answers on this one, given our international
audience!
But just to stimulate responses, I'll throw my two cents worth in here. This
is how I pronounce them, not how the dictionary says to pronounce them
necessarily. All caps is the emphasized syllable:
gnomon
I modified my cylinder dial postscript program and made a perforated
ring dial program.
It's added to the list of custmizable dial programs at
http://axum.tripod.com
jh
Has anyone studied the effects of atmospheric refraction on the accuracy
of a sundial? I'm thinking in terms of a heliochronometer where errors
of less than a half minute are significant.
Another thing I would like to know is if there is an analogy that makes
the equation of time and the
Dear Dialists,
I hope I will be forgiven for introducing a new aspect into our
discussions.
In today's _The Australian_, the national newspaper of Oz, there is
an article which notes that the CAD (computer assisted design) students of
one of our number, John Hall, at the
Jeff Adkins contributed:
I'll bet you get a variety of answers on this one, given our international
audience!
Not just international but regional variations too. Where I come from,
in the North of England, grass has the same hard 'a' as in 'cat'.
Southerners lengthen their 'a' sound as in
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