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>Понедельник, 15 января 2018, 1:33 +04:00 от Michael Ossipoff 
><[email protected]>:
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>At a time when all watches were mechanical, and a reliable watch wasn't 
>affordable to all, I sometimes used a portable sundial, a compass-oriented 
>tablet-dial made from corrugated cardboard and typewriter-paper, with 
>sewing-thread as the gnomon.
>
>No doubt the more easily built Regiomontanus dial would have been useful too 
>(except near noon).
>
>Also, the Analemmatic Dial, especially the universal one, makes a good 
>sun-compass. It's a lot easier to carry a piece of paper or cardboard than a 
>compass, and a sun-compass is just as usable in a steel car, bus, train, etc., 
>where a compass would lose accuracy.
>
>But of course nowadays a sundial's main value is aesthetic, and that's the the 
>reason for the recent resurgence in the popularity of sundials. Why shouldn't 
>every windowsill have a sundial?
>
>Sundials are interesting and pleasant to have around, or run across somewhere, 
>regardless of whether there's practical need.
>
>Michael Ossipoff
>
>
>On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Willy Leenders  < [email protected] > 
>wrote:
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>>When I talk about sundials, I get the question: "What utility can sundials 
>>have today?"
>>In order to be able to give an answer  as diverse as possible, I would like 
>>to receive your answer to this question
>>
>>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
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