Re: A question abou scaphes

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Ossipoff
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:24 PM Michael Ossipoff wrote: > ...and of course the surrounding flat-dials could, instead, be > Reclining-Declining Dials facing in the cardinal-directions. > > But the sphere-segment indentation surface gives a better continuous > system of dial-lines. > > On Tue, Apr

Re: A question abou scaphes

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Ossipoff
If the indentation were a shallow rectangular hollow instead of a segment of a sphere, it would of course amount to several adjoined flat dials--a horizontal-dial surrounded by vertical-dials. Michael Ossipoff 16 Tu Aries 19th Aprilis 7th On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 7:07 AM Peter Mayer wrote: > Hi,

Re: A question abou scaphes

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Ossipoff
It seems to me that the indented dial-surface could serve a useful purpose, by ensuring that the nodus's shadow falls on that dial-surface whenever the Dyptich's flat horizontal surface has sunlight. . Maybe it's desired to make the indented dial-surface much larger than the hemispherical

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2020-04-07 Thread John Davis via sundial
Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message text is therefore in an attachment.--- Begin Message --- Hi Peter, For a mathematical and practical analysis,

Re: Denizli sundial

2020-04-07 Thread Roser Raluy
Thank you, it looks great! Roser Raluy Missatge de Dan-George Uza del dia dt., 7 d’abr. 2020 a les 10:12: > Hello, I've just read about the discovery of an antique sundial in Turkey. > > > https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2000-year-old-sundial-unearthed-in-southern-turkeys-denizli > >

Denizli sundial

2020-04-07 Thread Dan-George Uza
Hello, I've just read about the discovery of an antique sundial in Turkey. https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2000-year-old-sundial-unearthed-in-southern-turkeys-denizli Best regards, -- Dan-George Uza ---