The 'Tree of Sonius' is basically not a vertical pole-style dial, but a
shadow plane dial. You are therefore free to arrange the hour lines any way
you like. So you might as well retain the tree shape. See the entry #11 in
my website on the Genk Sundial Park: www.fransmaes.nl/genk/ .
Thanks for your acute comment and the super photos on your website.
You are of course correct that since it is a shadow plane dial, the
lines can be moved about. But: am I right that they must nevertheless
remain parallel to those of a vertical dial? If I adopted the
boom/baum/tree format for Australia, and want it to be read, as is the
Limburg dial, from 'left to right', won't the hour lines 'converge' on a
point above the tree? Or have I missed something quite fundamental?
Thanks for your help,
Peter
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