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Happy New Year to all
diallists!
To prove that I haven't got too much of a hangover, a new
version (including downloadable files) of the Glossary is now online at
This version has a major upgrade of
the text, based on all the inputs I have gratefully received from you all.
Hopefully, I have acknowledged everyone who provided comments - my apologies if
I've missed you; let me know and I will correct.
Other than adding new terms and correcting existing
definitions, the potentially contentious changes made include:
giving "equatorial" dials priority over
"equinotial" ones
measuring
"inclination" of a dial to the back of the dial face.
justifying the use
of positive longitudes to the west and measuring azimuth from the
south.
At this stage, I haven't made any much-needed changes to
the symbol set, as I'm waiting for input from some key BSS members who are not
e-mail enabled. Also, diagrams have still to be added - this will be a
major job and the corrections took me longer than I expected!
Bob Terwilliger has kindly stepped in to help on the html
front. I have not had time to incorporate his ideas in this version, but
you can expect a more presentable web format in the future - I'm still
concentrating on a printable version.
Many thanks for everyone's help so far,
John
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