Dear Fer: At the Conference your name came up quite often. I'm sure if you had shown up you would have been designated "Special Guest of Honor"! Maybe someday we'll have the privilege of meeting you in person.
I agree with you that the classification of sundials could be difficult because there are several different ways that they can be classified. I'll let the FAQ answer committee struggle with this one. regards, John Carmichael >Tom McHugh wrote: >> >> Art, et al., >> >> Arthur Carlson wrote: >> >snip< >> > I am myself still uncertain of the basic classification of types of >> > sundials. >> > >> >> For my purposes I have been classifying sundials into three categories, >> 1. those which show time by the sun's hour angle, >> 2. those which show time by the sun's azimuth, >> 3. those which show time by the sun's altitude >> >> However, I am not sure where the Foster/Lambert dials >> fit into this limited spectrum of choices. >> >> A good question. >> >> Tom McHugh >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Rt. 1, Box 896 >> Fort Fairfield, ME 04742 >> USA >> >> N 46° 45' 13" >> W 67° 48' 42" > > >To all, > >I like the idea of making a FAQ list for new sundiallists and I wish >good luck to anyone who is helping in this matter. > >About a classification of sundials as mentioned in the e-mail of Tom >McHugh I would like to note that this is a difficult problem to solve. >I think many pages can be wrtitten about a classification and the >problem is to large for a simple FAQ. >I have read several systems but not one could satisfy me. > >Best wishes, Fer. > > >-- >Fer J. de Vries >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.iaehv.nl/users/ferdv/ >Eindhoven, Netherlands >lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > >
