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From: John Davis via sundial
Date: 2018-08-10 18:16 GMT-04:00
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To: Michael Ossipoff
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Only on flat planes, not inside scaphes
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> J.
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Okay, thanks. I didn't know what a scaphe was. I thought it was just a
circle on the
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Only on flat planes, not inside scaphes
J
Sara and John--
But it's said that the hour-lines for Babylonian, Italian, and co-Italian
hours are straight lines, as they are on all the other dials that I've seen
that have Babylonian &/or Italian hours.
Michael Ossipoff
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Schechner, Sara
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> I am
I am camping at Stellafane with little connection, so will keep this brief
until I return to civilization!
The gnomon is adjustable for different latitudes. The choice determines the
correct horizontal scale to use around the compass. The 2 pin gnomon scaphe
sundial are for finding Italian
The diptych was made by Thomas Ducher.
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On Aug 10, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Michael Ossipoff
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America at least used to sell a Compass-Oriented Dyptich
dial with several concentric rings, each having different
John--
But isn't it saids that Babylonian and Italian hour-lines are straight
lines?
Michael Ossipoff
2018-08-10 4:50 GMT-04:00 John Davis via sundial :
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America at least used to sell a Compass-Oriented
Dyptich dial with several concentric rings, each having different
hour-lines, and with its string-gnomon adjustable for latitude, with
several attachment-points on the vertical surface. I think it accommodated
3 latitudes. The
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Hi Dan,
This is a fairly typical diptych dial,
