Heliochronometer Card Dials

2006-10-24 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! This isn't a card dial but it is made of paper and might just get you to lunch on time. It could work for the application that Gerard Hughes spoke about. It can be adjusted for latitude, longitude and the equation of time. Unfortunately it will only work for half the year. It is an equat

Memorial Chapel Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-24 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All:   Supposedly, in the gorgeous Memorial Chapel at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis Minnesota USA there is a stained glass sundial built into its magnificent dome ceiling.  See website at: http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/f_welcome.htm   I called the director and he said that an

Re: Heliochronometer card dials?

2006-10-24 Thread Chris Lusby Taylor
 Hi All, Rather than making two shepherd's dials - one for the morning, one for the afternoon - you could divide its 360 degree circumference into two 180 degree sections, one for the morning, one for the afternoon. Then there's only one set of hour lines on each side.   With a shepherd's dia