The correct reference should have been to Sept 1999 The Compendium vol.6
no.3

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Diffraction Anti-sundial


> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Anselmo Pérez Serrada wrote:
>
> >     I believe the best solution is the CD sundial or 'difraction
> > sundial'. You only need a faulty CD
> > and a transparent sticker to draw the lines of a 'spider dial'. See the
> > Compendium, Nr 3 Sept 1990.
> >     It works very well indeed.
> > Anselmo
>
>   I only have Compendia back to the first Digital version, in 1995(1994?).
> I know what a "spider" dial is and looks like, but what was the effect of
> the CD, other than the pretty diffraction patterns? Possibly, a spider
> dial with no vertical gnomon? That would work well, for sure!
>
>   And, since I define AOL throw-aways as "faulty" from the start, I have
> plenty of the required dial faces...
>
> Dave
> 37.28N 121.97W
>
>
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