Re: a unique sundial on a cylindrical column of opal glass

2013-10-14 Thread Frans W. Maes
Dear Helmut all, I don't think Woody Sullivan's sundial is very similar to Willy Leenders' impressive sundial. From a typological point of view, Sullivan's sundial is a shepherd dial. It uses the altitude of the sun to show the time. Willy Leenders' dial is a nodal dial, similar to a scaphe

off topic (slightly)

2013-10-14 Thread Frank Evans
Greetings fellow dialists, Watching the conservation of an eighteenth century stone dial on a local church (report pending in Bul. BSS) I became interested in the lime mortar being used by the stonemason. He cut out a great deal of Portland cement around the dial to replace it with this kinder

Re: a unique sundial on a cylindrical column of opal glass

2013-10-14 Thread rodwall1234
Hi Larry, That's interesting in that you did a Sundial Patent. I’ve often wonder if it is worth it to Patent things as the cost could be high. I hope you don’t mind me asking, did you make any money and did it make you rich? I’ve downloaded your paten into my “Make Sundial” folder. Has the

Re: a unique sundial on a cylindrical column of opal glass

2013-10-14 Thread rodwall1234
Hi Helmut, Ok about Willy’s sundial. I need to install SONNE onto my new Laptop compute and see what it can do, thanks. I did have SONNE on my old computer. Willy’s sundial is interesting, maybe make one from a drinking glass and paint the hour lines using hobby glass paint. Regard,

A Sun Dial App that actually works?

2013-10-14 Thread George Brooks
I have been looking for a computer (or smart phone) app or simulation of a sun dial. I've tried to click on a few different links. Either the simulation didn't work, or it wasn't really a simulation. Can anyone recommend a sun dial APP that they KNOW works? George Brooks Tampa, Florida USA

RE: sundial Digest, Vol 94, Issue 12

2013-10-14 Thread Art Krenzel
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R: A Sun Dial App that actually works?

2013-10-14 Thread sun.di...@libero.it
For Android devices: Sol Et Umbra. Simulation of a dial designed on the plane of the device display for your actual coordinates. Inclination, declination and coordinates can be manually changed. Different hour systems available. From Google Play. For Windows compuers: Orologi Solari. A complete