Geoff,

If you measure the time in true local time (solar time), as I do, the EoT is 
not relevant.

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 14-jun-2016, om 15:51 heeft Geoff Thurston het volgende geschreven:

> Thanks for the mental exercise, Frank.  I think that Willy might squeeze 
> another 15 seconds of illumination at the end of December owing to the rapid 
> change in the EoT. A useful graph showing the rate of change of EoT is 
> provided by the USNO at:
> 
> http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/eqtime.php
> 
> Geoff Thurston
> 
> On 14 June 2016 at 13:01, Willy Leenders <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> See on my website: http://www.wijzerweb.be/analemmatischengels.html
> The maximum time (12 hours) of sunlight on a vertical wall of any direction 
> is above the Arctic Circle on a day when the midnight sun shines
> 
> 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 14-jun-2016, om 10:29 heeft Frank King het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Dear Dan,
>> 
>> The approach that you describe does
>> indeed show you how long the sun can
>> theoretically shine on a vertical
>> wall, for a given solar declination,
>> provided (as you say) that you know
>> the times the sun rises and sets.
>> 
>> Now a simple exercise...
>> 
>> What is the maximum amount of time
>> the sun can shine on a vertical wall?
>> 
>> You can choose the latitude and you
>> can choose the orientation of the
>> wall and you can choose the solar
>> declination.
>> 
>> Frank King
>> Cambridge, U.K.
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