Make no effort, Donald.
Let your sundial be a sundial.
The longitude correction turns your sundial to a watch.
But you've already a watch.
Solar time - you do'nt have it - can only be given by your  uncorrected sundial.

Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)

Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with 
a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): 
http://www.wijzerweb.be







Op 9-feb-2011, om 22:49 heeft Donald Christensen het volgende geschreven:

> How do I design a longitude correction in my sundial? 
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong 
> 
> My horizontal dial is for Brisbane. The longitude is 153 deg and the standard 
> meridian is 150. This is a 3 deg difference. 
> 
> I'll then rotate the hour lines by 3 deg to compensate 
> 
> 
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> Cheers
> Donald
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