
‘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.
Details
- 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)