Hi John, There is also the BSS Glossary by John Davis which defines many hundreds of terms. The current edition, which also includes a lot of historical information such as biographies, is available from the BSS in paper form. The first edition is also on the BSS Web site: www.sundialsoc.org.uk. For definitions of types of dials, click on Glossary, then Dial Types.
As for your specific query: 'equatorial' v 'equinoctial' is one of the issues that raises a smile because there are a few (you know who you are) who insist that the correct term is equinoctial, and there are many others who prefer the simpler term 'equatorial'. Yes, they are synonymous. Chris Lusby Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:21 PM Subject: taxonomy? > Is there a formal taxonomy for sundials? > > I like: > http://sundials.org/faq/ > select: > 6. What types of sundials are there? > > I was thinking about my bowstring equatorial. It's also an > equinoctial, right? So what takes precedence? Seems like it would > help the new guy ('tis I) to be able to look at the "formal" name of a > dial and then imagine almost exactly what it is. I don't know if such > a system would work with all the new inventions that come from people > on this list & al, but perhaps it would. > > John B > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
