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Re: Analemmatic sundial
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2010 Jun 13, 20:46 -0500
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2010 Jun 13, 20:46 -0500
I know of several instances, especially in my case, were the arms are NOT sharper than one's head!! Thomas A. Sult, MD IntegraCare Clinic www.icareclinics.com tsult@mac.com On Jun 13, 2010, at 3:26 AM, Peter Fogg wrote: > With this sundial, at Mount Annan Botanic Gardens on the > southwestern fringes of Sydney (has a good collection of Eucalypts) > the user's body, placed on the central analemma at the appropriate > date, casts a shadow towards or between the hour stones which > indicates the time. > > If you're a bit short the shadow might not quite make the stones, > but the instructions helpfully include the advice that in such a > case to extend one's arms above one's head, which I noted also > produces a sharper pointer than one's head. >
