There is also a book by Peter I. Drinkwater, the title should be something like 'The art of sundial construction' (?).
Regards Alexei Pace Malta ----------------------------------------------------------- > >Hello Claude! > >Since I am a lover of books, I have tried to gather, or at least to know, >all the books on Sundials that are available currently in Italian (my >language), in English, in French and in Spanish. > >Among them those that deal the study of the sundials not using mathematics >as secondary technique, are very little (I know only 5) : I list them below >with some personal notes. > >In English > >Harold E. Brandmaier - SUNDIAL DESIGN > >in photocopies - April 2003 - $25 - p. 160 - UNIA4 - 118 graphs and sketches >in the text - any photo > >The only text present in the english literature (to my knowledge) that >broaches the study of the sundials from a theoretical-mathematical point of >view and the only one that uses the matrix calculation. > >The volume requires a preventive knowledge of the solar clocks and of their >construction. > >The text is very clear, synthetic, well explained and full of annotations >and idea. > > > >In Italian > >- Fantoni Girolamo > >Orologi Solari - Trattato completo di gnomonica > >Rome 1988 - p. 550 UNI 4 - Bound - About 66 Euro > >In my opinion the best theoretical book currently in commerce in the world. > >It deals of almost all the types of solar clocks (ancient and modern) > >Enough technical. Complete. A lot of sketches and photos > > > >- Ferrari Gianni - Relazioni e formule per lo studio delle meridiane piane > >1998 - p. 250 UNIA4 - 42 Euro + shipping - published in photocopies > -
