Troy [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked
< I'm curious about analemmic sundials.  Is it possible 
  to move the gnomon of the dial (along an analemma course 
  marked with the proper days) to achieve the same effect? >

If I understand Troy correctly, to be asking about simple dials 
with "figure eight" analemmas on the hour lines, I think the 
answer is "no" as what is wanted must affect all the hour lines
equally, which could be achieved by a rotation of the dial
about the gnomon axis, and I believe no displacement of the 
gnomon will achieve this.  I'm open to correction, though!

Andrew James
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