> Andrew James wrote: > > > If, instead of standing on the central "month" scale, the user finds and > > stands on or near the hour number which casts his shadow onto the > > appropriate date, the numbers might be arranged to the South rather than > > to the North of the centre. This requires more action on the part of the > > user. > > Best practical suggestion I've seen yet! > It would require making the date line markers visible from a distance, or > possibly a daily (or weekly) placing of a small pylon by facility > personnel. > > > If the hours were not in a horizontal plane, perhaps they could be > > arranged to lie on a semicircle in some other plane - though not, I > > think, what Mr Phillips would like? > > Considering the relatively (to central US) high latitude, it might not be > too extreme. Something like a ramped walkway (semi)encircling the area of > the dial face.
I have one doubt. Instead of changing the plane of the hours, could it be possible to change the one of the months? Ricardo --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
