Hello Robert, If you visit my web site you may find some information that may be useful to you.
The Sundial Primer: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/tsp.html If you go to the page "The Wide Gnomon" there is an illustration of the type of gnomon that I believe Silas Higgon was speaking of. There is also a page that describes latitude correction and also has some illustrations. Carl Sabanski -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Baker Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Gnomen Hullo, I found out about the sundial mailing list from "Sundials on the Internet" My wife has been given a sundial and before fixing it I have done some investigation. Only one problem - the upper surface of the gnomen is convex - how do I measure the angle of the gnomen ? If I measure in a straight line from the base of the gnomen to it's tip, the angle is 44degrees. Do I use that figure to mount it at an incline ? I live in Scotland - 57 degrees north. Advice would be much appreciated ! Regards, Robert. - -
