Re: analemmatic sundial

2023-05-01 Thread Donald Christensen
Thank you. I forgot to specify that it needs to be able to run on osx On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 4:00 PM Kurt Niel wrote: > Hi Donald, > > www.helson.at > > A very supportive SW with a lot of different types of sundials! > > Kurt > > Donald Christensen schrieb a

analemmatic sundial

2023-04-30 Thread Donald Christensen
I’m looking for a program to calculate an analemmatic sundial. Can anybody help? Cheers Donald Christensen 0467 332 227 If you focus on what you lack, you'll lose what you have. If you focus on what you have, you gain what you lack. --- https

Analemmatic sundial

2021-07-26 Thread Donald Christensen
me human sundial photos in gardens. The more beautiful the garden the better. Cheers Donald Christensen 0467 332 227 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de

happy new year

2019-01-01 Thread Donald Christensen
Our calendar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZXnSF-hO-A Cheers Donald Christensen 0467 332 227 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo

Calendar history moon Gregorian Julian

2018-08-25 Thread Donald Christensen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4n7XWsY_4 Cheers Donald Christensen 0467 332 227 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Permanent DST

2016-11-20 Thread Donald Christensen
Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:40 AM, John Pickard <john.pick...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Good morning from sunny Sydney, > > If you think that Europe has a proble

Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time

2015-10-24 Thread Donald Christensen
I love that time zone map! does anyone know where I can download the jpeg file? Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.fotoresumes.com <http://www.fotoresumes.com> This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and

Re: Can I share Universal Analemmatic Sundial image?

2015-07-02 Thread Donald Christensen
You can have my movies if they would be any help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMxIbrVCVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSPX5sjVYBc Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please

Deltacad

2015-06-06 Thread Donald Christensen
For years I have been using Autocad. I now want to start Deltacad and in particular writing macros. I need an example of a macro that will read from a .csv file Does anyone know where I can get such an example? Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail

Re: Deltacad

2015-06-06 Thread Donald Christensen
and makes the table into a Deltacad drawing. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorized use of this email is subject to penalty of law

Deltacad

2014-11-14 Thread Donald Christensen
I have just installed Deltacad and am learning how to use it. One question that I have is: How do I change the default directory? I want Deltacad to always look in and save to d:\d deltacad Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged

Re: Deltacad

2014-11-14 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm running windows 7 Can I set deltacad to remember a certain directory? Or will it simply remember the last one? Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message

Re: sundials in schools

2014-07-05 Thread Donald Christensen
it until it shows the correct solar time 5. Solar time can be found by setting your watch to the time on this website. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message

sundials in schools

2014-07-04 Thread Donald Christensen
of the year it is. You then rotate the sundial until it is the correct time on your watch. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un

Re: A world map of the discrepancy between civil and solar time.

2014-03-07 Thread Donald Christensen
! Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorizeduse of this email is subject to penalty of law. So there! On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:03 AM

Re: Information wanted, on 'badly designed' public sundials

2013-10-24 Thread Donald Christensen
the hour markers were going to be at least 300 mm tall Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorizeduse of this email is subject

Re: Arabic Numerals

2013-08-22 Thread Donald Christensen
%20learning/media/14424328-0873-4f35-a8b6-606fb18fdb1b/640-size-painting%20a%20number%20stencil%20part%202.jpg Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Gianni Ferrari gfme...@gmail.com wrote: Bob and Simon (and others who

sloping analemmatic sundial

2013-08-21 Thread Donald Christensen
want one or know of someone that would be interest, please contact me. http://content.screencast.com/users/dchristensen777/folders/sundials%20for%20learning/media/b99413f6-82a1-499f-9f7d-9e7c0c5a63d6/DSCF2538.JPG Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com

Re: Sundials in schools

2013-07-27 Thread Donald Christensen
need to talk to a surveyor to work out how to communicate/describe the slope and how to tell people how they can construct it off my dimensions. I will design a sloping sundial at no cost Donald Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12

sundials in schools

2013-07-25 Thread Donald Christensen
opinion? I don't have photos of children on my website. I don't have any because I haven't sold any. I tried to give some sundials away but can't. I'm a terrible salesman and sound more like a telemarketer. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com

Sundials in schools

2013-07-25 Thread Donald Christensen
opinion? I don't have photos of children on my website. I don't have any because I haven't sold any. I tried to give some sundials away but can't. I'm a terrible salesman and sound more like a telemarketer. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com

sundials in schools

2013-07-25 Thread Donald Christensen
opinion? I don't have photos of children on my website. I don't have any because I haven't sold any. I tried to give some sundials away but can't. I'm a terrible salesman and sound more like a telemarketer. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com

Sundials in schools

2013-07-25 Thread Donald Christensen
opinion? I don't have photos of children on my website. I don't have any because I haven't sold any. I tried to give some sundials away but can't. I'm a terrible salesman and sound more like a telemarketer. Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com

Apology

2013-07-25 Thread Donald Christensen
exerciser Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Shadow Question

2013-04-02 Thread Donald Christensen
Ah, the 'Why' stage. Brings back a few memories. One time we driving in the country. My son asked me, Why don't cows wipe their bottoms after they poo? I answered, Because their hooves tear through the toilet paper. Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com On Wed, Apr 3, 2013

Re: Analemmatic sundial

2013-01-14 Thread Donald Christensen
Joel I have combined the two animations and made them into one. Feel free to copy it for your site instead of having the two separate ones. Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 www.sundialsforlearning.com On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Roger Bailey rtbai...@telus.net wrote:

Re: Analemmatic sundial

2013-01-12 Thread Donald Christensen
--** From: Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 3:14 AM To: Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com Cc: vk...@optusnet.com.au; Sundial Mailing Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Analemmatic sundial Dear Donald, You wrote... Brilliant idea

Re: Analemmatic sundial

2013-01-11 Thread Donald Christensen
. Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 11-jan-2013, om 03:32 heeft Donald Christensen het volgende geschreven: Hi

Re: Analemmatic sundial

2013-01-11 Thread Donald Christensen
had 130 different fires burning at the same time. Regards, Roderick Wall. *From:* Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com *Sent:* Saturday, January 12, 2013 10:34 AM *To:* Richard B. Langley l...@unb.ca *Cc:* Sundial Mailing Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de *Subject:* Re

Armillary Sundial

2012-12-30 Thread Donald Christensen
Who will design an Armillary Sundial? Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorizeduse of this email is subject to penalty of law. So there!

Re: SEO

2012-08-29 Thread Donald Christensen
+ykpu_bbrvddjrv4sft9a6fhs21cznnh0_wegbdtmpime...@mail.gmail.com Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com wrote: I want to thank you all for your help My website sundialsforlearning.com is now W3C Can anyone help me with SEO? I want to get a better ranking with Google If you had asked

Thank you

2012-08-21 Thread Donald Christensen
Thank you The response was amazing and much appreciated. The offers of help, advice, and feedback were very helpful. I'm in the process of making my site W3C Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the

website problems

2012-08-20 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm have trouble with my website. Not all browsers can view it. Can anyone help me with this? Dear Mr Christensen, Sorry for the slight delay in replying - but I had been checking why (as you had said), your new website works differently on various 'browsers'. Unfortunately, your

Re: sundials in schools

2012-08-13 Thread Donald Christensen
of your business and if the $275.00 kit price is in US dollars? Roderick. *From:* Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2012 3:14 PM *To:* sundial@uni-koeln.de *Subject:* sundials in schools My website is finally done It's about putting in analemmatic

sundials in schools

2012-08-12 Thread Donald Christensen
My website is finally done It's about putting in analemmatic sundials in schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoW-Kl_kaxw http://www.sundialsforlearning.com/ Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the

Re: Sundials in school playgrounds

2012-06-27 Thread Donald Christensen
I found an excellent blog. It's is updated weekly with the most amazing stories on how fear, hysteria, and the compensation culture is overriding common sense. Safety is becoming so stringent that it's dangerous. http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/ Below is an example Dear Free-Range Kids: This

Re: Why are schools, across the world, 'banning' analemmatic sundials ?

2012-05-27 Thread Donald Christensen
I found an excellent book on the matter It shows how we are making the world more dangerous for children. Society protects them so much that we prevent them from learning how to cope in the stressful world. Children grow old. We can't prevent that. However we can prevent them from growing up.

Re: Why are schools, across the world, 'banning' analemmatic sundials ?

2012-05-27 Thread Donald Christensen
are banned from schools but I have not looked either. It never crossed my mind that it would be a problem. -Original Message- From: Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com To: sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Sun, May 27, 2012 8:29 pm Subject: Re: Why are schools, across

Re: Why are schools, across the world, 'banning' analemmatic sundials ?

2012-05-16 Thread Donald Christensen
…….I would like to know the real, truthful reason these sundials are being banned, and it better be a good one. Don’t ponder on this with logic too long or you will get a headache. I hope nobody under 18 reads the email. I’d hate for this forum to get sued for being too dangerous. The legal

Re: Re solar time calculator

2011-10-14 Thread Donald Christensen
Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E - Original Message - *From:* fer de vries ferdevr...@onsneteindhoven.nl *To:* Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com *Cc:* sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de *Sent:* Friday, October 14, 2011 4:20 PM *Subject:* Re: solar time

Re: solar time calculator

2011-10-13 Thread Donald Christensen
, and corrects for EoT, light refraction, aberration, nutation and precession, as well as any of about 100 different timezone rules. On 2011-10-13 23:10, Donald Christensen wrote: Not sure what I’m doing wrong I wrote a program so that I can set my watch to solar time. Something

Re: EOT

2011-09-25 Thread Donald Christensen
I guess what I was trying to say is that I understand it but I don't understand it. Why does the inclination of the earth affect time if solar day vs sidereal day has no effect? Donald On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com wrote: attached are two more

EOT

2011-09-23 Thread Donald Christensen
I’m trying to understand the equation of time All diagrams that I have seen (like the attached) are only two dimensional. For the sake of simplicity, the earth tilt is ignored. According to a two dimensional drawing, it will always require more than a 360 degree revolution for a point on the

Re: Sara Schechner

2011-08-15 Thread Donald Christensen
Karon Where do I find Saras article? On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Willy Leenders willy.leend...@telenet.bewrote: Karon, More on timekeeping and history you can read on my website concerning the the oldest surviving sundial, found in Egypt around 1500 BC See

appology

2011-08-15 Thread Donald Christensen
I appologize to the group. I was the first to mention trees. The other topic ended up as a debate over definitions. Glass does what it does no matter what it is called. I talked about trees because that is another debate that ends over definitions. My opinion of the definition of sound is as

Re: Falling Tree

2011-08-12 Thread Donald Christensen
* *www.YellowRibbonRosaries.com* * * *From:* sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] *On Behalf Of *Mike Shaw *Sent:* Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:21 PM *To:* Donald Christensen; Archie Kregear *Cc:* sundial@uni-koeln.de *Subject:* Re: Falling Tree ** ** If a married

Let's keep this forum going

2011-08-12 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm very greatful for this forum. Sundials are specialized topic. Where else could you find a group of people so knowledgeable and so willing to help. I think this as a great comment I hope you all realize that it's a full moon and the seasons are changing. Almost every list I'm on is having

Re: Falling Tree

2011-08-11 Thread Donald Christensen
would say there is no sound until it is observed. But I don't understand this stuff all too well. -Bill On 8/10/2011 7:26 PM, Donald Christensen wrote: If a tree falls in the forest where no one can hear it, does it make a sound

Re: Falling Tree

2011-08-11 Thread Donald Christensen
sounding like an arguement of definitions similar to sound or noise comming from a tree. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I wasn't trying to kick off another debate. I was only trying to compare falling trees and flowing glass Donald

Re: R: RE: Flow of medieval glass

2011-08-10 Thread Donald Christensen
If a tree falls in the forest where no one can hear it, does it make a sound? On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Simon [illustratingshadows illustratingshad...@yahoo.com wrote: My two cents worth, having worked with glass for decades. 1. don't confuse an object bending under its own weight

Re: sundial Digest, Vol 68, Issue 24

2011-08-09 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm a bit in the dark. I don't know what the argument is. Is it glass in old houses ARE thicker at the bottom BUT this is not because glass is liquid. or Glass in old houses are NOT thicker at the bottom I have see lots in the debate whether glass is liquid or solid ( more molecular science

Re: Sundial generator, a little clarification

2011-08-08 Thread Donald Christensen
I would be interested in finding that site as well On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:12 AM, dsc...@igc.org dsc...@igc.org wrote: I remember coming across a web site that would allow you print a dial and gnomon after plugging in your polar coordinates. something for kids primarily. Dave Scott On

analemmatic sundial

2011-08-07 Thread Donald Christensen
I have lots of analemmatic sundials pics. However, I can't find any in gardens. I'm after a pic. the more vegitation the better. Can anyone help? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and

sundial read from moonlight

2011-07-30 Thread Donald Christensen
I heard that a sundial will read the correct time with the shadow on the moon on a certain day. (full moon?) -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorized use of

Re: sundial read from moonlight

2011-07-30 Thread Donald Christensen
, one week either side of full moon. For an example, see: http://www.fransmaes.nl/genk/welcome-e.htm, choose menu item 7 and scroll down in the right-hand frame to The moon dial. Best regards, Frans Maes On 30-7-2011 10:23, Donald Christensen wrote: I heard that a sundial will read the correct

Re: Longitudinal shift, another way

2011-07-27 Thread Donald Christensen
The triangle on the horizontal sundial is parallel to the earth axis. The horizontal face is flat on the ground (or pedistal) and not in line with the axis A horiz dial will work on any lattitude in the same hemisphere (otherwise the numbers are backwards) as long as the triangle gnomen is inline

Re: Longitudinal shift, another way

2011-07-27 Thread Donald Christensen
with the earth axis. This means that the dial face must sit on a wedge to make this happen. Donald On 7/28/11, Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com wrote: The triangle on the horizontal sundial is parallel to the earth axis. The horizontal face is flat on the ground (or pedistal

Re: solar compass

2011-07-24 Thread Donald Christensen
. Simon Simon Wheaton-Smith www.illustratingshadows.com Silver City, New Mexico W108.2 N32.75 and Phoenix, Arizona, W112.1 N33.5 --- On Sat, 7/23/11, Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com wrote: From: Donald Christensen dchristensen...@gmail.com Subject: solar compass To: sundial@uni

solar compass

2011-07-23 Thread Donald Christensen
A few months back on this forum, I saw a link to a photo of a solar compass. It was an analemmatic sundial that help direct ww2 bombers to their target. Does anyone know where I can find this link? Also, I'm after other stories similar -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged

hi

2011-07-22 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm a member of this. My username and password were saved in memory on my computer. I have since re-loaded my computer. Now when I post a question, the forum doesn't know that I'm a member. How do I fix this? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you

multi dial

2011-07-03 Thread Donald Christensen
Does anyone have a picture of a multi-dial like the attached? The one that I have is way too small. (filesize) It won't print -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender.

Re: Old sundial pictures

2011-06-29 Thread Donald Christensen
Kevin I really like the St Petersburg one! the other black and white g792092 is another great one. Thank you. Does anyone have any older ones? A scanned image from a book will do. dchristensen...@gmail.com On 6/30/11, Kevin Karney kar...@me.com wrote: Hi Donald Any of these of any use? I

Re: Old sundial pictures

2011-06-28 Thread Donald Christensen
Tony Thank you. That is exactly what I'm looking for! I'm still looking because I want more pics like the one you sent me. Dariusz You have an impressive website. Do you have any photos similar to the one Tony sent me? Donald On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Dariusz Oczki dhar...@o2.pl wrote:

Analemma in Verse

2011-06-28 Thread Donald Christensen
I love the poem Analemma in Verse by Tad Dunne Does anyone know where I can contact him? The latest info that I have on him is http://www.mail-archive.com/sundial@uni-koeln.de/msg11062.html His email doesn't work. Does anyone have a more recent contact info on him? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102

Old sundial pictures

2011-06-25 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm putting together a presentation about the history of sundials. I'm primarily after history pictures of people interacting with the sundial. Do you know where I can find some? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient

perforated ring dial

2011-04-24 Thread Donald Christensen
Does anyone know where I can get software for a perforated ring dial. -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorized use of this email is subject to penalty of law.

standard meridian list

2011-03-09 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm trying to find a list of cities and the standard meridian they set their clock to. Example Brisbane - 150 deg east San Fransisco - 120 deg west Paris - 15 deg east London - 0 deg -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the

Re: upside down world

2011-02-17 Thread Donald Christensen
I was borne in the northern hemisphere and lived there for 22 years. I got use to reading maps where north is on top, south is on the bottom, west is on the left, and east is on the right. So far so good. I also got use to the equator is south of me, the ocean is west of me, and inland is to the

a ring dial

2011-02-16 Thread Donald Christensen
Does anyone know where I can get plans for this dial? http://www.karlrainerbirk.com/RING-SUNDIAL.html When I try to email the website, it asks me for a password -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the

Re: part 2 of longitude correction

2011-02-14 Thread Donald Christensen
Longitude correction I have been staring at equatorial sundials for so long that I forgot how a horizontal one works. This is why I suggested that you can rotate the face 3 deg if you are 3 deg difference from the standard meridian. I have since had a wake up call and learned/remembered that

longitude correction

2011-02-09 Thread Donald Christensen
How do I design a longitude correction in my sundial? Correct me if I'm wrong My horizontal dial is for Brisbane. The longitude is 153 deg and the standard meridian is 150. This is a 3 deg difference. I'll then rotate the hour lines by 3 deg to compensate -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090

part 2 of longitude correction

2011-02-09 Thread Donald Christensen
I'm laying out lines for a new dial I may not have been clear. I don't intend to rotate the gnomen. The dial will still point true north By labeling 12:12 as noon and 13:12 as 13:00, I am rotating the hour marks. My question is, Is it by an even 3 deg? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This