Hello, Willy!
I'd be glad to see the drawings.
Could you tell us where exactly the building is being built, so that we can go
and
see, and maybe also give some info about who the owners are and how did you
convince them to include a sundial on their building?
Thanks already and all the best.
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: time scale labels
David,
I calculated a week ago a sundial of 7 m x 4 m on a cilindric part of the
façade
of a new building in Brussels at a heigth of 15 m. One has to stand at the
other
side of the avenue to see the shadow of a ball
My feeling is that the simpler you make the dial, the more likely it is to be
used/understood. So.make a dial with only one scale of hours, arranged to
show local time i.e. noon line vertical, and noon (preferably) or 1pm marked
on that vertical line. then in the equation of time
David,
I calculated a week ago a sundial of 7 m x 4 m on a cilindric part of the façade
of a new building in Brussels at a heigth of 15 m. One has to stand at the other
side of the avenue to see the shadow of a ball indicating the hour on the
façade.
Your 'simple' solution is here not suitable.
, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: time scale labels
David,
I calculated a week ago a sundial of 7 m x 4 m on a cilindric part of the
façade
of a new building in Brussels at a heigth of 15 m. One has to stand at the
other
side of the avenue to see the shadow of a ball indicating the hour on the
façade
may I ask you to send that PDF fileto my mail address? I am quite new in
sundials but I think that I am already infected. At the moment, I am
about to collect eagerly all I can get about sundials.
Thank you in advance,
Friedrich
At 01:39 19.07.2002 Friday, Peter Mayer wrote:
My
find only one sundial at my website (the URL is part of my default
signature). As I just mentioned: I am new in sundials. Please, don't visit
my homepage if you want to find sundials there. I will keep you posted
whenever there will be sundials on my homepage ;)
Best regards,
Friedrich
At
I like Patrick's approach and attitude.
You could use labels such as...
Use During Standard Time and
Use During Daylight Saving Time
but it does get wordy.
If the purpose is to aid the casual observer and regular observer,
I say go straight for the simple labeling.
I think it is great to have the
Hello All,
I have been working on a vertical sundial and I have a question.
This South facingvertical has two time scales on it, one at the top
that shows thehour numbers to use during the period of the year when
Standard time is in effect, and one at the bottom to show the hour numbers to
Hi Jim,
Although it would be technically incorect to use the terms Standard Time and
Daylight Saving Time for these scales, I for one would not object as it does
convey the meanings to th general public. And it does serve as a
conversation-starter for us pedantic diallists ;-).
If you
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- Original Message -
From:
J.Tallman
To: Sundial List
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:56
PM
Subject: time scale labels
Hello All,
I have been working on a vertical sundial and I have a question.
This South facingvertical has two time scales on it, one
In a message dated 7/18/2002 11:21:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am trying to make a dial that is easy for regular people to understand
and use, and I think some kind of label along the time scales would be
helpful to casual observers.
Good luck. I have not
38.6N, 90.3W
- Original Message -
From:
sundials
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:30
PM
Subject: Re: time scale labels
Hello Jim,
To differentiate between the two scales perhaps you could
use roman numerals for one and arabic
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
My question is whether or not it would be acceptable to actually label
each scale Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time
You can do whatever you like - you are the designer! If nothing else you
will generate a discussion between other
A sundial has to indicate local time, the solar time or natural time.
People that like to know the official time has to look on a watch.
That is all you have to explain to 'regular people'. They will understand
it.
Willy Leenders
Flanders in Belgium
"J.Tallman" wrote:
Hello All,I have been
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From: Patrick Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:09 PM
Subject: time scale labels
Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
My question is whether or not it would be acceptable to actually label
each scale Standard Time
My question is whether or not it would be acceptable to
actually label each scale Standard Time or Daylight Saving
Time so that casual observers would be able to tell which one to
use for the appropriate time of the year.
My 'tuppence' worth, which doesn't precisely meet Jim's need,
is
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