I agree that it is reasonable design choice to include the longitude correction. In fact, I think I would include longitude correction in anything that is not a straight-up north-south or a horizontal dial where the longitude correction makes the dial look skewed. Once the dial is already shifted out of a straight-up north-south alignment then the longitude correction doesn’t look “funny”. And at that point, you may as well set it to summer time (AKA daylight saving time) since that is in effect for more than half the year including the months when people are more likely to be outside looking at a sundial.
But these are all reasonable design choices where there is plenty of room for debate. We (NASS) set up what I call a “nonce dial” a few years ago for an exhibition in Washington, DC. It was adjusted to show local clock time on the day of the exhibition incorporating both longitude and EOT for the date… but it was designed a few months before the US congress decided to extend daylight saving time further into the autumn so it ended up being off by exactly one hour from watch time. We put up a poster that said “Why is your watch wrong?” It was interesting to watch the reactions. Some people immediately knew why; others seemed perplexed. Jack Aubert From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Ossipoff Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 7:42 AM To: Willy Leenders; sundial list Subject: Re: Romanian reclining sundial On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Willy Leenders <[email protected]> wrote: Dan, What I mean is this: 1. Together with the sundial on the roof is given the EOT table. What can you do with it? Well, you can add the EoT table entry to the time shown on the sundial, to get standard time. As a result of the empirical way of construction on September 1 you can, using the EOT table, determine the standard Eastern European Time on other days. On any day, yes. Of course, that's clear from what the original-poster said. Specifying the length correction you could also determine the true local time Yes, you could get local true solar time by adding or subtracting 4 minutes to the sundial's reading for each degree of latitude east or west of the place's time-zone's central meridian. As for the choice of local true solar time, or true solar time at the central meridian, both dial-marking systems are frequently, widely, used. Which you use is a matter of individual preference. Either you mark the dial for true solar time at the central meridian, or you incorporate the longitude correction in the EoT table. Both methods are popular. 2. To indicate the standard Eastern European Time you have many options: clock, cell phone, computer ... There's no need to a sundial. Sundials have aesthetic value. Though they can often be of practical time-telling use, that isn't their only justification. Yes, a sundial marked in true solar time at the central meridian is, by implication, intended or emphasized for practical use. Indicating the true local time is only possible on a sundial. Let him do it ! Yes, that's one valid preference, one vaild choice. But both choices are valid. Yes, I personally like a sundial to give local true solar time, and incorporate the longitude-correction in the EoT table. That's how I made my pocket-portable tablet-dials. Nevertheless it must be accepted that not everyone makes the same choice that we make, and that many sundials are marked in true solar time at the central meridian. Michael Ossipoff On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Willy Leenders <[email protected]> wrote: Dan, What I mean is this: 1. Together with the sundial on the roof is given the EOT table. What can you do with it? As a result of the empirical way of construction on September 1 you can, using the EOT table, determine the standard Eastern European Time on other days. Specifying the length correction you could also determine the true local time 2. To indicate the standard Eastern European Time you have many options: clock, cell phone, computer ... There's no need to a sundial. Indicating the true local time is only possible on a sundial. Let him do it ! 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 1-okt-2015, om 22:06 heeft Dan-George Uza het volgende geschreven: Willy, I'm sorry but I did not quite understand your message. The dial is supposed to show standard Eastern European Time, not true local time. The longitude correction for Bistrita is already built in the hour marks because they were empirically drawn according to the watch when EoT was 0. Therefore the correction table only deals with variations in Eot. Dan On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Willy Leenders <[email protected]> wrote: A nice project for the decoration of the roof ! However, it is not possible to read the true local time. And one can not deduce it for the place at longitude: 24° 30′ 3.82′′ E (Bistrita) with only the table for EOTas a tool. 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 <http://www.wijzerweb.be/> Op 1-okt-2015, om 21:24 heeft Dan-George Uza het volgende geschreven: Dear group, I am happy to be able to share a picture of the first Romanian reclining sundial built recently by Damaschin Berende, a friend from a neighboring town. It's made of plywood, it sits on a roof and it features both a EoT correction table and interchangeable hour marks for winter time and daylight saving time. Reported accuracy is so far around 1:30 min. Direction of gnomon across the roof was fixed by taking a plumb bob shadow reading from the base of the gnomon at local noon, the elevation angle was calculated according to the latitudine and the hours were marked on the shadow during September 1st, when EoT was 0. I especially like the wooden pole etched with traditional solar motifs and the rooster on top. You can view more photos here: http://cerculdestele.blogspot.ro/2015/10/sine-sole-sileo-ceasul-solar-inclinat.html Please also consider it for the Sundial of the Month on http://sundialatlas.eu <http://sundialatlas.eu/> using ID no. RO000023. Regards, Dan Uza <sine sole sileo -.jpg>--------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Dan-George Uza http://cerculdestele.blogspot.com <http://cerculdestele.blogspot.com/> --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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