At 02:45 PM 10/16/99, fer j. de vries wrote: >Pictures of the Schmoyer can be seen in the book of Cousins, page 190 >and 195. > >This dial is universal for both hemispheres. >Do not invert anything for the southern latitude. > >As drawn the dial is mounted for the northern latitude. >Just mount the dial in the other slit in the meridian and the dial is >ready for the southern latitude.
Oh, Yes that's right! If you mount the latitude crescent (as it is referred to in Mr. Schmoyer's instruction sheets) to the base clamp on the other side of that crescent then turn the dial so the gnomon points to the celestial South pole, then you will have inverted the gnomon and reversed the numbering of the hours. The only problem would be that the numerals for the hours would be upside-down! Even so, I could still use my Schmoyer dial if I should ever move to Australia! Thanks, Fer...
