Re: Best latitudes for sundials?

[Chris Lusby Taylor]

----- Original Message ----- From: fer j. de vries To: sundial Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Best latitudes for sundials? Hi Art,   Isn't it the contrary? I thought we at Northern latitude were the lucky ones to have more summer then winter time.   As I read in Henry Michel, Traité de l'Astrolabe: La somme des jours du Printemps et de l'Été est actuellement de 186.46 jours tandis que la somme des jours de l'Automne et de l'Hiver est de 178.79 jours.   Or may I conclude that you live at Southern latitude where people name our summer winter?   Best wishes, Fer.     Fer J. de Vries   De Zonnewijzerkring mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl   Home mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/index-fer.htm Eindhoven, Netherlands lat.  51:30 N      long.  5:30 E <snip> But the sun is further away during our northern hemisphere summers, so we get less intense sunshine for longer. So who are the lucky ones?   Chris Lusby Taylor Newbury, England 51.4N 1.3W