Re the hour limitation line/curve for a Capuchin dial, 
John Hoy wrote:

> Is that line an arc of a circle?

Fer de Vries wrote:

>The line through the endpoints of the date arcs 
>isn't an arc of a circle.
>I calculate or construct a number of endpoints and 
>connect them to a smooth line.

I believe that the curve segment in question is a 
portion of an hyperbola. 

W. Maddux

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