Greetings, fellow dialists,
Following the pictures of the fine dial of Frank King in Selwyn College,
Cambridge (congratulations) I began to wonder how it was laid out. Most
of the commonly consulted books on dial construction (in English),
Waugh, Mayall Mayall, Cousins, etc. do no more than
dear Frank,
I use the trigonometric sphere.
I get the formula for the angle (alpha) between the max slope line and the n
italian line, then the distance (s) of the italian line from the base of the
orthostyle O.
The formula is for any oriented dial.
I attach:
- the trigonometric sphere: P is
I have been thinking the same thing.
That slate dial is strikingly beautiful and I like the idea of using a
completely different type of hour that does have to offer any excuses for
not being the same as what is on one's watch. Frank King's narrative write
up answered one of my questions. I had
