Hi, John! > Of course your comments about analemmatic dials are correct, but If you read > the thread carefully you will see that when I wrote: > >> Also, in order to be able to tell time with short shadows around noon in > >> the > >> summer and to accomodate short people, it will be very important to mark > >> the > >> hour lines as close as possible to the gnomon foot (where the people > >> stand). > >> Correct? > > I am refering to the HORIZONTAL sundial proposed by Patrick and Henry and > not an analemmatic!
Which I definately missed! Sorry about that! Patrick also wrote last night, and it clearly makes sense... Dave
