Re: Foster sundials.

1997-09-22 Thread Dave Bell
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: Warren, I don't get it. A horizontal gnomon can only indicate the heigth of the sun, just like a vertical gnomon can only give you the azimut. --- Thibaud Taudin Chabot,

Re: Foster sundials.

1997-09-22 Thread Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
At 05:06 22-09-97 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mac and all, Mac Oglesby wrote: Hi Warren, C'mon, you can't leave us hanging like this! Give a hint, at least, about the appearance of the Italian hour lines on a Foster-Lambert sundial. Please. My first thoughts: If you can make a

Re: Foster sundials.

1997-09-22 Thread Warren Thom
Hi Mac and all, Mac Oglesby wrote: Hi Warren, C'mon, you can't leave us hanging like this! Give a hint, at least, about the appearance of the Italian hour lines on a Foster-Lambert sundial. Please. My first thoughts: If you can make a Foster/Lambert dial with a vertical gnomon, why

Re: Foster sundials.

1997-09-21 Thread Warren Thom
Thank you Fer, for posting a most informative explanation. You have helped me understand some of the basics of projections. I think I am correct that your procedures for Zonwvlak show clear steps for orthographic projections (x,y). A recent issue of the Compendium dealt with sterographic