At present, I can't see any reason why the wriggley lines of the Civil Time adjusted Azimuthal dial (a.k.a. Dali dial) should not apply to other types of dial, thus eliminating the need for an Equation of Time plaque. Using the Horizontal dial as an example, if the 12 o'clock line were to wriggle like an EoT graph, then the user would just have to take the time reading at the appropriate distance from the centre (point where style cuts dial face). Using the same argument, a wave line could be drawn for the other hours too. If the lines don't start right at the centre, it would even be possible to have two sets of hour labels for standard time and for daylight saving.
This ought to apply to other types of dial. Do such dials exist, or am I missing something? If they exist, has anyone got URLs for pictures? Steve
