So, armed with that background, and a chance to participate in Sundials on the Internet5 and the British Sundial Society6 Sundial Trail competition, my friend
A word for those who have never given sundials a second thought before now, whatever your interests: scientific, aesthetic, historical, keeping fit or discovery, our promise is that you will not be disappointed. You just need to give it a go.
A note of caution however, the pursuit of sundials has been known to be quite infectious and you too could find yourself a committed sundialophile7 like me. And with this in mind I've provided some tips (Appendix A, B and C are in a separate pdf file here), Appendix B provides details of the numbered references shown in superscript.
Click here to access the Wellington Sundail Trail http://www.sundials.co.uk/~wellington.htm
1 comment:
Hi--
I'm Michael Ossipoff, in Flordia, USA. I registered with this website sundial organization because I've always liked Sundials, and New Zealand.
Though I don't live in NZ, I'd _prefer to_, if that counts for anything. NZ would be my country of choice, and that's my qulification for joining a NZ organization.
Sundials and sun-compasses are a particular interest of mine. I once made some tablet sundials--typewriter paper on corrugated cardboard, built-in compass, thread for gnomon. I made them for various family-members. I made about 10 of them. They were accurate within 5 minutes. My first and best was nearly always accurate within 3 minutes.
Several armillaries decorate our house. I intend to build a stationary sundial for our front-yard. It must be easily readable to neighbors and passersby, as well as to us.
For that, I'm considering a horizontal sundial, or maybe a polar/equatorial box sundial.
It would be based on a box inclined upward at its north end, so that 4 of its sides are parallel to the Earth's axis, and two of its sides are parallel to the equator. It would have gnomons on all 6 sides.
That would maximize readability for everyone, but would be more work than a horizontal sundial.
I will build a varity of sundials, portable and stationary.
...and a variety of sun-compsses.
Eventually, I want to work stone, ceramic, terra-cottaa, & concrete, for stationary sundials.
Michael Ossipoff
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