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--- Begin Message ---It is true. Thank You. >Понедельник, 15 января 2018, 1:33 +04:00 от Michael Ossipoff ><[email protected]>: > >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: >> >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------- >https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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