Hi All,
I've just finished the
7th edition of my Sundial Owner's Manual and realized that throughout
the manual I explained sundial terms using sundial slang instead of the John
Davis approved correct term. (Although at least in the Manual I place the
correct term next to it in
Hi John et al,
I couldn't let this pass without comment :-)
!!
I'm not sure that I am in any position to "approve" the
correct terms - the BSS Sundial Glossary is just a collection of the bits of
information that I've pulled together from various sources, including much input
from the
I knew you'd write back John!
Loved your comments. "High Noon" is a very
common and still used_expression_ here in the American Southwest. (In lots
of old cowboy movies that's when they have the shootouts. They probably only had
sundial and noonmarks back then).It's a favorite of mine, so
