Hi Peter--
Thanks for the reply and info. Yes, I hope that Fred Sawyer will post about
the derivation of the construction of the Capuchin and Universal Capuchin
dials.
Fred, would you paste some of your lecture material, about that, into a
list e-mail here?
Michael Ossipoff
On Wed, May 10
, declination and
latitude.
But that isn't how medieval astronomers &/or dialists arrived at the
construction of the Capuchin dials.
Michael Ossipoff
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:13 PM, Michael Ossipoff
<email9648...@gmail.com <mailto:email9648...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thank
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> Of course, it isn't quite simple but, perhaps, you will find some interest
> in these articles.
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> Best regards
>
> Yvon
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> Le 09/05/2017 20:50, sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de a écrit :
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>> I'm not asking about the *instructions *for construct
quite simple but, perhaps, you will find some
interest in these articles.
Best regards
Yvon
Le 09/05/2017 20:50, sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de a écrit :
I'm not asking about the *instructions *for constructing Capuchin and
Universal Capuchin dials. I'm asking about the principle
I'm not asking about the *instructions *for constructing Capuchin and
Universal Capuchin dials. I'm asking about the principle, the explanation,
the justification, for their construction.
Some websites have said or implied that it has to do with an orthographic
planisphere. I'm familiar