Gottesman
Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: sundial Digest, Vol 215, Issue 2
I think there's a simpler solution.
In the UK at noon the shadow of the style on a horizontal sundial faces North -
away from the sun. Turn the style through 180 degrees in a horizontal plane,
and its shadow at
I think there's a simpler solution.
In the UK at noon the shadow of the style on a horizontal sundial faces
North - away from the sun. Turn the style through 180 degrees in a
horizontal plane, and its shadow at noon will face South - towards the sun!
John Lynes
On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 at 17:12, Bill
My guess on this one (without using mirrors):
Point the bottom of an empty can at the sun. The shadow inside the can
now points in the direction of the sun, though the definition of "in the
direction of the sun" in this case is debatable.
-Bill
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 9:33 AM Chris Lusby Taylor
Re: Photograph of the Princess of Wales (Frank King)
Frank is being his usual pedantic self, which is always welcome, but the
police statement can more charitably be taken to say that shadows fall in a
continuation of the straight line from the light source to the illuminated
object. The edge of a
