On June 30th John Carmichael wrote:
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>I know how to calculate and draw the declination lines for a vertical nodus
>projecting onto a horizontal face. But nowhere can I find a formula for an
>analemma projected onto a horizontal plane.
John,
Sorry for the delay in adding my thoughts to those you've already
received, but I'm buried under piles of essays which must be marked...
Scientific American published an article plus a programme in BASIC
for such a sundial. The reference is the Amateur Scientist column for
December, 1980 pp. 174-180. The dial described was made by C.K. Sloan. I
have a pencilled note which adds that a correction was published in the
May, 1981 issue.
No doubt you may prefer to use ZONWVLAK, but if it would be of use,
I think I once keyed in the programme (it's very short, conventional BASIC:
a little cryptic...) and could try to find it if it would be of use.
cheers,
Peter
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