>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:42 AM
>Subject: SEND QUESTIONS!
>
>
>> Attention Dialists!
>>
>> I'm feeling very frustrated. NASS put me in charge of accumulating from
>you
>> all frequently asked sundial questions. This is a very important project
>> since it will eventually be of great help to all beginning dialists, and
>> even to some of you old timers.
".....so days get longer by sixteen minutes in December! Won't that mean that
an extra day will be added every 90 days or so if every day is 16 minutes
longer?"
Answer: Days don't get LONGER by 16 minutes. Solar Noon is 'out of step' with
Clock Noon by 16 minutes in October?November
It took a while for this light to dawn for me
Tony Moss
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