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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
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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
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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
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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