For stamp collectors

2015-03-05 Thread Darek Oczki
Hi everyone In the December 2014 Israel post office issued a beautiful set of sundial stamps (Sundials of Eretz). I cannot attach the pictures, so here are direct links: http://static.israelphilately.org.il/images/stamps/4159_L.jpg http://static.israelphilately.org.il/images/stamps/4160_L.jpg

Re: The BSS Horizontal Sundial and 3d printer

2015-03-05 Thread Tony Moss
Hi Phil, Many Thanks for your response and for the first pic of a sundial made from what was quite a herculean labour in making all those individual plots. the lines were fairly easy but the roman numerals are unique to each plate. Good to see you individualizing the idea with your

Neater, briefer, presentaton of h solution, given Az, Lat, dec

2015-03-05 Thread Michael Ossipoff
John Richard: Whatr a sloppy mess my posting was, where I told the solution for h. This is a better way to present it, and a neat, convenient way to evaluate the solution: The quadratic formula: [-b +/- sqrt (b^2 - 4ac] / 2a -- a,b, c, for this solution: a = sin^2

World’s first radio sundial dedicated in memory of Ron Bracewell

2015-03-05 Thread Richard Koolish
Sundial at the Very Large Array made from parts of an old radio telescope. http://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2013/10/02/worlds-first-radio-sundial-dedicated-in-memory-of-ron-bracewell/ --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial