10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANALEMMATIC»
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analemmatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
analemmatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ferguson's lectures on select subjects, in mechanics [&c.] ...
DESCRIPTION OF AN ANALEMMATIC DIAL, WHICH SETS ITSELF. Plate xiii,
The analemmatic dial is represented by CD in Fig. a. Fig. 2 of Plate XII, and is
generally described upon the same surface with a horizontal dial AB, for the
purpose ...
James Ferguson, sir David Brewster, 1805
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Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, ...
DIALLING. description of an Analemmatic l)ial, trkich sets itself. Plate THE
analemmatic dial is represented by FigTM.1' CD in Fig. 2. of Plate XL VIII, and is
gene- rally described upon the same surface with a horizontal dial AB, for the
purpose ...
James Ferguson, Sir David Brewster, 1814
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, ...
Trans. 1815, p. 270; Edin. Trans. vol. viii, p. 165 ; and the Transactions of the
Geological Society, vol. v. CHAPTER XX. ON NEW DIALS. 1. Description of an
Analemmatic Dial, which sets itself. The analemmatic dial is represented by CD
in Fig.
James Ferguson, Sir David Brewster, 1823
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
The analemmatic dial is constructed on the prin- lemmatic ciples which we have
explained, art. 83 — 86. Its stile or aa'TM*"' * - dial. i.i. h is vertical ; therefore
recurring to the notation and formulas of these articles, we have i=90°; and hence
the ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830
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Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
Explores all aspects of the science of sundials, providing information on gnomons, scales, and the placement of such instruments as polar, equatorial, and analemmatic dials
Albert Edmund Waugh, 1973
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Sundials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights Which Are ...
A lyre— Shaped horizontal and analemmatic dial belonging to Mr. Evans is
pictured on this page. Its date is 1763. Another of unusual shape, with a movable
gnomon, is given on page 135. This is the Thévenot dial. Hinged gnomons are
found ...
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Experiencing Bible Science
There are many types of sundials – horizontal (on the ground or other flat surface
), vertical (on a wall facing south or east or west), equatorial (a bow shape),
analemmatic (where the gnomon moves), and other types. King Ahaz set up
steps ...
Louise Barrett Derr, 2011
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Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, ...
With Notes and an Appendix Adapted to the Present State of the Arts and
Sciences James Ferguson, Robert Patterson Sir David Brewster. DIALrNG.
DESCRIPTI0N 0F AN ANALEMMATIC DIAX, WHICH SETS t I M . I.I '. THE
analemmatic dial ...
James Ferguson, Sir David Brewster, Robert Patterson, 1806
Right: The 'human' analemmatic horizontal sundial designed by the author and
constructed by Brookbrae Ltd of London for the Liverpool International Garden
Festival in 1984. The observer stands (as a human gnomon) on a central date ...
Christopher St J. H. Daniel, 2004
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Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition
One ofthe most wonderful sundialsfor our purposes, however, is the analemmatic
dial. This requires a fairly large unshadowed and flat outside space, and can
bemarkedout with paving stones in a garden. The stones are setin two abutting ...
Raven Kaldera, Galina Krasskova, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANALEMMATIC»
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analemmatic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Analemmatic sundial, High Street: the 2000+ Committee had written asking for the sundial, situated in the High Street grass verge, and ... «Spalding Guardian, Jun 15»
Special in-ground Waterford sundial to be unveiled June 8
An analemmatic sundial, explained online at plus.maths.org, is a particular kind of horizontal sundial in which the shadow-casting object — in ... «The Oakland Press, Jun 15»
Eagle Scouts named in April
An analemmatic sundial consists of hour points rather than hour lines, which are laid out in an elliptical pattern. The gnomon moves according ... «Charlotte Observer, May 15»
59. World's Greatest Sundial
He learned about gnomons, analemmatic dials and other sundial parts, which he crafted at his family business, Tazewell Machine Parts. «Peoria Journal Star, Apr 15»
10 ways to play, eat and stay at Callaway Gardens
Visitors to Mr. Mason's Vegetable Garden can accurately detect time with the herb garden's analemmatic sundial. Stand between the rows of ... «Access Atlanta, Mar 15»
Waterford Schools receives cultural grant
An analemmatic sundial, explained online at plus.maths.org, is a particular kind of horizontal sundial in which the shadow-casting object — in ... «The Oakland Press, Jan 15»
Photos: Ancient Sundial-Moondial Discovered
The slab was an analemmatic sundial. In an analemmatic sundial, the gnomon, or shadow-casting piece of the sundial, is moved throughout ... «LiveScience.com, Oct 14»
Human sundial becomes newest piece of Founders Park art
Unlike a traditional sundial, which uses a fixed object, or gnomon, to cast the shadow, a human, or analemmatic, sundial requires that a person ... «Johnson City Press, Jul 14»
Summer solstice marked at Keppel Henge
There is an analemmatic sundial -- when a person stands on a marker for current month with the sun at his or her back, a person becomes the ... «Owen Sound Sun Times, Jun 14»
Photo gallery: How one man's vision led to the natural playground of …
The first, at Jubilee Wood just to the west of Acle, is an “interactive” analemmatic horizontal sundial created in 2007, where the shadow of the ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, May 14»
