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A Magic Shadow-Show

A Magic Shadow-Show

Sciatherics 2

ByFrederick Sawyer

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‘Tis nothing but a magic Shadow-show, Play’d in a box whose candle is the Sun. - Omar Khayyam. This is the second in a series of books bringing together articles by Fred Sawyer on the history and theory of dialing. The current book covers 1995-1999. Extreme Hours Of Sunlight, Designing A Nocturnal, Universal Horizontal Dialfaces, Atmospheric Refraction, A Polyhedral Addendum, Canterbury Shadows, Geographic Sundials, A Portable Astroid Dial, William Oughtred's Double Horizontal Dial, Emerson's Quest, Shadow Plane Addendum, Emerson's Quandary, Some Secret Motion Of The Earth, A Memorable Birthday Celebration, Hauxley's Challenge, From Dial To Declination, Samuel Foster Of Gresham College, Towards A General Theory Of Dialing Scales, A Vertical Decliner By Dialing Scales And Schema, Nicole's Sunset, Herbert's Correction, Ptolemaic Coordinate Sundials, The Cycloid Polar Sundial, Kratzer's Layout, Prosthaphaeresis, The Six Tags Experience, Conference Presentations.

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Publication Date
Jul 29, 2020
Language
English
Category
Science & Medicine
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Frederick Sawyer

Specifications

Pages
212
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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