Re: large sundial

. The end of the fin can have a pointer which is used to read the angle. Daniel Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: BSS Bulletin. Southern Hemisphere Sundial?

should the orientation of the numbers be. Is up for those in the southern hemisphere still towards the north pole? This may simply be a matter of taste, but perhaps there is a tradition in southern hemisphere dials about the orientation. Thanks for comment. Daniel Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz

Re: Armillary Spheres in Portugal

for sundials. This provides a focus for exploration and often provides a unique window on the people, culture, architecture and history. The search for sundials forces an attention to detail that often brings unexpected rewards. Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com

Re: no mail ? Is it normal ?

the world ? I hope it is not the case ! Even if I'm only a reader of tese very interresting exchanges, it gives me many pleasure and knowledge. Gnomonically yours ! Alain MORY 7ƒE 48ƒN Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com

Re: Analemma Stuff

reason, but I haven't been able to think of it. Maybe it has to do with indexing the clock to sidereal time, and not to sun time. Any takers? Bill Gottesman Burlington, VT Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: Analemma Stuff

Gottesman Burlington, VT Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: equation of time

can do it in Dutch (for preference), in French, in German or in English. Willy Leenders Hasselt Belgium Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re:

. The gnomon was assumed placed due south. This need not be the case. Enjoy. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

EoT and declination of the sun

in the value of the EoT. The calculated extremes do not change. Life truely is beautiful. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: Declination Table

the arrows that I use, the second I have labeled with the season. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The reading of standard time via a sundial may be accomplisted by mearly reading the declination of the sun and using an analemma, determining standard time. At no point

Re: Design challenge

-- Dr J R Davis Flowton, UK 52.08N, 1.043E email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

More analemma calculations

files showing the projections for various configurations of interest. http://www.wengersundial.com/Analemma/analemmaDetails.html Dan Wenger PS Fixed some notational problems in the original program. Program has not changed. Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com

Re: Declination Table

on the subject. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: Azimuthal sundials - again

garden dial could be called Axial Local Horizontal Monofilar, Mr.Singleton's dial is Axial Standard Horizontal Monofilar. The various forms af azimuthal dials are all Upright monofilars. The Wenger dial is a Local Spherical Nodal dial. Am I getting close? Steve Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA

Re: Univeral dial

of universality. e.g., UNIVERSAL 60°N - 10°S. This is a more scientific way of doing it. Again, I look for your comments. Regards, Mike. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cambridge, UK. Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http

Re: Declination Sun and timeequation

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first) Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: graphic conversion

. Daniel Lee Wenger wrote: I wonder if anyone in this group knows of software that converts a Word file to a gif or jpeg or a postscript file to a gif or jpeg or a PDF file to a gif or jpeg. Thanks for any help. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

graphic conversion

I wonder if anyone in this group knows of software that converts a Word file to a gif or jpeg or a postscript file to a gif or jpeg or a PDF file to a gif or jpeg. Thanks for any help. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http

Re: patents copyrights

. What should be done in this situation so that everybody wins and is happy with the outcome? Have any of you been faced with this situation, and what did you do to resolve it? Thanks, John Carmichael Tucson Arizona Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http

Re: Darkness

with a presentation on Sunset Phenomena. Or you could say it is dark when the street lights come on. When I was growing up in Norman Rockwell Land, when the street lights came on, it was dark and we all had to go home. Roger Bailey Walking Shadow Designs N 51 W 115 Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA

Re: sundial with a second hand

precision but not the desired accuracy. Hope I have not cast a shadow upon desired projects. If I have addressed an issue that did not need addressing then I apologize. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Name of museum?

I have had an email that indicated that there is a director of a museum, who happens to be a member of NASS, who is putting together a sundial/clock exhibit for the millenium. Is there anyone on this list who might know who this person is? Many thanks. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz

Re: EOT=0

that the earth's rotation is not coupled exactly to its location in its orbit about the sun. Hope I am clear and correct for everyone here. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

New Pictures of Wenger Sundial

Dear Fellow Dialists I promised photos of my newest sundial and they are now on my web site. A set of pictures is at http://www.wengersundial.com/dialPicture.html The photo at http://www.wengersundial.com/dial1.html shows the detail of the analemma and the scribed features of the dial. This

Re: Heliochronometers: Equation of Time

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Re: Polaris time

upper limit. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily

Re: Wood for dials

. It is used on the bed of trucks and is the prefered wood for that purpose. It is really quite a beautiful wood as well. Not sure if Koa is available in Europe or elsewhere. I believe that its native habitat is Hawaii. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Wenger Sundial

. Have been working on the laser programming and jig design for a year and have now my first glass version. Hope that you will be excited by the design. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily