Hi Tony I would be very interested in viewing a JPEG of this little critter ;-) > JPEG of the instrument in use for anyone who is curious.
For many years architects have been trained to use a stereo sunpath diagram which is essentially the Oughtred dial reversed. Alas most architects then fail to make use of the sun - you can take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink ;-) I have seen an illustration of this used in conjunction with a mirror and glass dome to dynamically view the sunpath at a prospective location. It was called something like a 'dipaloscope' - a year or so ago Fer j. de Vries put up an image of a similar device on this list. Regards John -- John D Hall School of Architecture - University of Tasmania Launceston TAS 7250 Tel (+61) 0363 24 3502 Latitude 41d 26m 1s South Fax (+61) 0363 24 3557 Longitude 147d 7m 49.5s East
