Message text written by John Carmichael >We noticed that the Shadows sundial generator program has analemmas with the following dates of each month: 1,6,11,16,21,26. Why would this sequence be better than: 1,5,10,15,20,25? Certainly the average sundial user would find it easier to read 1,5,10 etc.<
If you did use the sequence 1,5,10,15 etc you would be in good company since the better 18thC English horizontal dials used this date sequence on their Equation of Time scales. Patrick
