On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, John Schilke wrote:
Greetings!
Could someone suggest a good source on theory and construction of the
azimuthal (not analemmatic) dial?
Thanks,
John
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Becouse azimutal dial is equivalent to an astrolabe, see at
http://www.cd-astro.org/quaderni/astrolabio/index.html
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Ania Marczyk wrote:
Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on how to calibrate a
nocturnal for a given latitude. I understand the principal of nocturnals, but
have absolutely no idea of the angles involved either for Polaris to Ursa
Major or how
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, John Schilke wrote:
Could someone suggest a good source on theory and construction of the
azimuthal (not analemmatic) dial?
There is an excellent article by Admiral Fantoni in the BSS Bulletin N0
96.2 June 1996
