sundials

Dec 17, 2012 2 Replies

When making a sundial why do all of the diagrams show a triangle plate cut on the same degree as the latitude where you live for the shadow projector as opposed to a vertical pole to cast the shadow? Thanks for any ideas hlb



What was wrong with the Wikipedia explanation at

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? It makes plain that there are several ways to make a sundial, so we do not understand why all the diagrams you found seemed similar.

First, I know little if anything about Sundials... however, several months ago I did stumble across an exhaustive looking Wikipedia article on them:

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Good Luck!

Erik

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