To Gianni, Warren and other members of this list,

Gianni has made a drawing for Warren for an "azimuthal" sundial for his
wall.
lat. 42N
long. 88W
inclination 90
declination 26W

I also made such a drawing, however I didn't correct the 2 degrees for
standard meridian ( 90 degrees )
Now I also added this correction and the final drawing is as attached.

Although I count the dates from outside to inside and Gianni in reversed
order it is possible to check if both drawings will give the same reading of
time.
I checked some points and I conclude both the drawings give the same
results.

Now I am waiting for a picture of the realized dial by Warren..........

Best to all, Fer.

Fer J. de Vries
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/
Eindhoven, Netherlands
lat.  51:30 N      long.  5:30 E


----- Original Message -----
From: Gianni Ferrari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Sundial List <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: R: azimuthal gnomon length problem


> Hi Warren,
> I send attached the image of a sundial for your wall.
> The style is perpendicular to the wall and the date lines are concentric
> circles as in the horizontal azimuthal dial.
> As you want the style perpendicular to the wall the sundial cannot be
> azimuthal.
> With vertical plane the only azimuthal s. that I know is the one with the
> style vertical parallel to the wall.
> The date line can be choosen in different ways : the simplest is to draw
> horizonthal straight lines
>
> Because this message has to be smaller then 25 Kb I send only to you , in
a
> private message, a picture of this sundial and other 2 examples of dials
for
> your wall.
>
> If someone want to see theese images I can send them in a next message
>
> Best
>
> Gianni Ferrari
>
>
>

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