Claude, > With all the talk about how big an analemmatic dial should be it > struck me that it could be of NO consequence! > > The analemmatic is an azimuth dial. If your shadow does not reach > the numerals then "walk your shadow" until it does! > > In other words, turn to directly face the direction of your shadow > and walk in that direction.
Yes, you are right and we took this into account when we talk about overdimensioning the dial. However, I think it is more impressive to see your shadow that really reaches (well, almost...) the dial points. That's why I wanted to lay a step for the date line. > Of course the problem is how to instruct someone about how to do > this. Some ideas might be: Keep stepping on your shadow Your shadow > leads you to the time Follow (or chase) your shadow to the time > > Those who do it correctly should all get the same time. It might > lead some kids to doing strange and interesting things and good > questions about what their shadow does. Yes. I'll include this on the instructions plate. A lot of thanks for your suggestions, Anselmo -
