I'm forwarding this for Roger Bourke. I know the question has come up
before. Perhaps a listmember who is familiar with Macs can respond to
him offline. Thanks.
I'm responding to Roger off line as suggested but perhaps others with Macs
( I do not have one) might be able to run the general
Hello!
I am in the early planning stages of building an Octagon house. The house will
have a central fireplace. I have no building restrcitions and can orient the
house any way I choose - I do have a great river view directly to the South
that will be the main focus of the house.
In
Hello Lloyd,
I'm sure there are many on this mailing list who will offer ideas for your
exciting project. Orienting the walls due north/south etc would probably make
the sundial design easiest. 22.5 degrees to that would, perhaps, be more
interesting. Can you please help us by telling us the
Good point!
31*48'06.18 N 97*18'30.15 W
431' ASL
No restrictions other than trees East and West - lots of trees, but fairly open
to the South and North.
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From: Chris Lusby Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lloyd Tackitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]; sundial@uni-koeln.de
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Can anyone throw light on the interesting device to be found at
http://tinyurl.com/5gnqz6
It appears to be a genuine scientific instrument made by Smith Beck 6
Coleman St. London
I am told that this company changed its name to Smith in about 1850.
Size = 145mm X 120
It folds in two places it
It would be relatively straightforward to have a small window in the roof on
the center of the south side, so that a sunbeam coming through it at solar
noon strikes the chimney (or stove pipe). Then place markings on the
chimney to indicate the date.
A step beyond this would be to fashion the
On Tue, September 2, 2008 4:16 pm, Rodney Heil wrote:
It would be relatively straightforward to have a small window in the
roof on
the center of the south side, so that a sunbeam coming through it at
solar noon strikes the chimney (or stove pipe). Then place markings on
the chimney to
Hi Patrick:
I think that this little dial you found is almost just like the Dial 112-
The Owens Reflected Dial on our SGS website (20th Century SGS), only
smaller
I didnt know how to classify it, so I just called it a
reflected dial.
See:
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From: Rodney Heil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Ideas Sought
To: Yan Seiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Come to think of it, you'll probably want a LARGE window in the south side
and southeast side for observing the river, and for
Additional thoughts on an Octagon House.
Use Google Earth for locating layout and orientation on the landscape. Use
Google Earth in combination with Google Sketchup to build a 3D model. You
can then actually subject the building to simulated sun/shade. There should
be some on this list who can
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