Fwd: Adjusting dial to new location

2023-04-04 Thread Michael Ossipoff
-- Forwarded message - From: Michael Ossipoff Date: Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 09:53 Subject: Re: Adjusting dial to new location To: The combination of rotation about the vertical axis, & then non-meridianal tipping, hadn’t occurred to me. …to directly read the Local True Solar Time

Fwd: Adjusting dial to new location

2023-04-03 Thread Michael Ossipoff
-- Forwarded message - From: Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 07:35 Subject: Re: Adjusting dial to new location To: Michael Ossipoff Local Solar Time is one of the things that a dial can do. But I might want Time Zone time. Or I might want Paris France time. A dial can do both with a l

Fwd: Adjusting dial to new location

2023-04-03 Thread Michael Ossipoff
-- Forwarded message - From: Michael Ossipoff Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 14:12 Subject: Re: Adjusting dial to new location To: Of course, but I’d always make the dial to directly show Local True Solar Time. I’d never incorporate a built-in longitude correction. My use of EqT & l

Fwd: Adjusting dial to new location

2023-04-03 Thread Michael Ossipoff
-- Forwarded message - From: Michael Ossipoff Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 14:04 Subject: Re: Adjusting dial to new location To: Rod Wall Yes, because you’ve moved the dial south, you tip it south. The wedge-use is as you say, but I’d prefer a flat, vertical-edge shim, because it