Author: René R.J. Rohr Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486151700 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
Masterly account of long and colorful history of sundials, with practical instructions for building your own. Formulae, rare dials, mottoes, and much more. 104 figures. 51 plates.
Author: Albert Waugh Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486140008 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 254
Book Description
A rigorous appraisal of sundial science includes mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background, plus a nontechnical treatment so simple that several of the dials can be built by children. 106 illustrations.
Author: Milton Stoneman Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486241416 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 62
Book Description
This guide to making wooden sundials gently leads beginning diallists into sundial lore and construction. Novice craftsmen who can wield a saw, wood-burning pen, matte knife, sandpaper and a few other simple tools can make five different kinds of sundials; plans are flexible and allow for embellishment, alteration, variety of materials. Precalculated templates can be removed from the book and carbon-paper-transferred to wood.
Author: Albert Edmund Waugh Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486229478 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
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
Author: Denis Savoie Publisher: Praxis ISBN: 9780387098012 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 181
Book Description
Sundials, which decorate church walls, public plazas, and elegant gardens, are first and foremost astronomical instruments. Before understanding how sundials work, one must first understand the apparent motion of the Sun in the sky. In this book, Denis Savoie presents the basics of astronomy required to understand sundials and describes how to design and build your own classical sundial. Written for all levels of science readers, the author shows the calculations involved in the sundial’s construction and also gives a comprehensive history of time measurement. The practical and observational aspects of sundials will enable readers to create custom-made sundial of their own, adding whatever special features they wish to include. Most of these designs have been tested by people with no previous knowledge of astronomy. To aid the reader, the book is full of clear and instructive illustrations and diagrams.
Author: Richard J. A. Talbert Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190273488 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 261
Book Description
Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space.
Author: Shirley Jackson Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698148207 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson’s stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared, and the family finds itself engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence as they prepare for a terrible new world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Hester Higton Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
This is an examination of the portable sundials used as timekeepers for three millennia. The focus is on the sundials themselves, but much reference is made to social, political and economic history.
Author: Robert Newton Mayall Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486411460 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 330
Book Description
Clear instructions for constructing a sundial on almost any surface and in virtually any position, with information on materials, Standard Time dials, laying out hour lines, and more. 150 illustrations.
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