Thanks for the responses. You guys. I'll look for that article. Tom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Albinson Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stopped Clocks Tom My paper on this was published in the NASS Compendium a couple of years ago. All the best for Christmas and the New Year Brian Albinson On 12/09/2011 10:44 AM, Tom Laidlaw wrote: > Nothing of great import here, but since there is always at least a > passing interest in making sundials read clock time, I just recently > noticed a peculiar phenomenon. > > There is an old saying that a stopped clock still tells the correct > time twice a day. A sundial without longitude correction will tell > clock time on the day or days that the EOT counterbalances the > longitude correction. For me this occurred on Dec. 2. This can happen > from zero to four times a year depending on how far you are from the > prime meridian, daylight savings time, etc. > > Merry Christmas to all. > > Tom Laidlaw > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
