Hello David,

Girolamo Fantoni published "Moondials" in the BSS Bulletin 92-1. He describes a 
new design based on ideas by Ozanam (1699) using 15 lines for the lunar phases 
each day of the month. Rafael Soler has incorporated moondials using this 15 
line technique as well as correction charts technique on some of his 
multifaceted sundials dials in Mallorca. The best example is the 1 m cube in 
the Soller Botanical Garden. Here are links to a couple of pictures.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ewOmDBn4RiFiCJDsANAtLSVg4eN4RQqVmec5g1exKas?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FLHiObHT9gJ7b0wbTU4K5yVg4eN4RQqVmec5g1exKas?feat=directlink

His book "Diseno Y Construccion de Relojes de Solar y de Luna" describes the 
techniques on pages 405 to 413. How is your Spanish?

At the NASS conference in 2012 I gave a presentation on "Sundials in Mallorca" 
showing many examples of Rafael's remarkable designs. The cube dial is 
described on slides 52 to 56. I have uploaded in to a personal website. This 
link will start the download of the 28 MB PowerPoint file.
http://www3.telus.net/public/rtbailey/BSS%20Tours/Sundials%20in%20Mallorca.ppt

Enjoy,
Roger Bailey
Walking Shadow Designs

ps. I am currently working on the concept of an analemmatic moondial. This 
"Lunacy" will be presented at the NASS conference this August.

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Subject: Moon dial.

> Dear All,
> I have had a request to construct a moon dial for a vertical east-facing 
> wall.
> This is new territory for me.
> Can anyone point me in the direction of sources/computer programmes that 
> would give me guidance?
> David Brown
> Somerton, Somerset, UK
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