Mike Cowham wrote:
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> Dear Friends,
> I have a vertical east declining sundial that I believe was once
> fixed to a church building. Its gnomon is missing.
> What I wish to calculate is the latitude of the dial, and its
> declination. I am sure that it is a very easy problem to
Mike,
I encountered a similar problem in analysing the stained glass dial from
Wendon Lofts.
Assuming that there are no signs of the gnomon support to define the
sub-style angle on your dial, I would get a value of the declination from
the asymmetry of the "earliest" and "latest" hour lines on t
Dear Friends,
I have a vertical east declining sundial that I believe was once
fixed to a church building. Its gnomon is missing.
What I wish to calculate is the latitude of the dial, and its
declination. I am sure that it is a very easy problem to solve, but so
far I have failed
