Maybe it could be useful to simulate the Oughtred dial at the Arctic Circle 
with Orologi Solari.
Greetings.
Gian


>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: [email protected]
>Data: 16/01/2009 16.55
>A: "John Goodman"<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
>Ogg: RE: Interesting &quot;Day&quot; Question from the mind of a child
>
>John:
>The illustration was created by a computer program which can indeed
>create a similar chart for any place on earth. I'd be happy to send it
>to you if you're interested. It's written in Java so will run on almost
>any platform.
>Brad 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of John Goodman
>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:10 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: Interesting "Day" Question from the mind of a child
>
>On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Lufkin, Bradley (MS wrote:
>
>> Here's a sundial which illustrates these points. It's an Oughtred dial
>
>> set for the Arctic Circle without longitude, EOT, or refraction 
>> corrections. Note that the Sun is above the horizon for the entire day
>
>> on the 21st of June (but just barely).
>> Brad
>
>It's nice to see a graphical answer to the question!
>
>How was this sundial illustration created? Is there a software
>application that can create a chart like this for any place on earth, at
>any time of year?
>
>Thanks for any additional info.
>John
>
>www.annosphere.com
>
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