| FREE CASE STUDIES ~ The CD with the book has these and some A 500 lb cube declining dial, 11 pages about 600k, all details start to finish. A large analemmatic garden dial. An inclining decliner. A vertical decliner neighborhood project using empirical methods, shows Italian hour lines, 5 pages, under 200k. A circular paver equatorial, a clay pipe liner armillary. The open book dial or dual gnomonless dial back to back. An almost 45 degree declining four faced cube dial. The details are complete, however extensive notes are in Illustrating Time's Shadow. |
| MORE STUFF FREE BOOKS PAMPHLETS Templates Paper popups Paper cutouts FAQ PPT courses and classes SOFTWARE lots of it, free |
| Simon Wheaton-Smith email about me also Town Councilor, Silver City NM USA, District 3 and mayor pro tem for 2009 |
PICTURES
Page 1 ~ of the author's sundials polar, horizontal, stained glass, meridian, capuchin, shepherds, vertical, durer, globe, cube, decliners, inclined decliners,
armillary, equatorial, etc. (concrete, glass, copper) - outside or long lasting.
Page 2 ~ fine detail yet less weather proof. (PVC, wood, etc)
Page 3 ~ artistic photos of the dials in book 2. Some are rather interesting or amusing. Some bad weather (snow) pictures.
and some of the author's stained glass non sundial work.
and some 3d JPG pics also here, and also here, of sundials, both real, and 3d CAD, just for fun.
and some antique or collectible dials in the author's collection
Page 1 ~ of the author's sundials polar, horizontal, stained glass, meridian, capuchin, shepherds, vertical, durer, globe, cube, decliners, inclined decliners,
armillary, equatorial, etc. (concrete, glass, copper) - outside or long lasting.
Page 2 ~ fine detail yet less weather proof. (PVC, wood, etc)
Page 3 ~ artistic photos of the dials in book 2. Some are rather interesting or amusing. Some bad weather (snow) pictures.
and some of the author's stained glass non sundial work.
and some 3d JPG pics also here, and also here, of sundials, both real, and 3d CAD, just for fun.
and some antique or collectible dials in the author's collection
| This website and its free books, booklets, programs, case studies, take a lot of effort to design, build, and maintain. If you like what you see, please buy the CD ($20 or $25), or the online download, or the printed book Illustrating Time's Shadow. For example, the DeltaCAD macro for the astrolabe was a first in astrolabe programming in that you get the source code and explanatory notes, and it took hundreds of hours, and it is free to you. Pieces have been published before, but this web site was the first to show in a very few pages the complete geometric derivation, the complete trigonometric derivation, and the actual complete construction of a planispheric astrolabe. Now others have and still are following my lead! Even my spreadsheets support the astrolabe. The online download, CD, and printed book purchases provide the incentive for further development. And help when I teach classes on sundials at the local university. |
ABBREVIATIONS: h-dial (horizontal), v-dial (vertical), m-dial (meridian dial), p-dial (polar dial), q-dial (equatorial
dial), z (azimuth), s-dial (shepherd dial), a-dial (astrolabe), n-dial (nocturnal dial), andso on. And -a if animated
(which some DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs do). SUNDIAL PARTS: are here with explanations (for the
horizontal sun dial (nodus, style sub-style, gnomon, dial plate, etc).
dial), z (azimuth), s-dial (shepherd dial), a-dial (astrolabe), n-dial (nocturnal dial), andso on. And -a if animated
(which some DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs do). SUNDIAL PARTS: are here with explanations (for the
horizontal sun dial (nodus, style sub-style, gnomon, dial plate, etc).
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW ~ ~ a journey of discovery ~ ~ sundials ~ ~ and how to make them ~ ~ ~ and how to use, or make, the things that can help design them ~ |
| July 29, 2010 |
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW printed, on CD, or online download are for sale EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE Silver City, NM USA Phoenix, AZ USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The book on CD $15 within the USA $20 outside USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Upgrade/replace full CD $10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow and appendices all printed & CD $40 or $35 NASS/BSS, + s&h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow printed and the CD but no printed appendices $30 or $25 NASS/BSS, + s&h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow online download $10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To purchase any of the above, use the PayPal buttons are here ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Privacy Policy is here |
| FREE BOOKS AND BOOKLETS (if you like this site's items, buy the CD!) |
| Changes and Updates to the web site, software, books, or pamphlets. |
| Except for the printed books, CD and the online book, everything is free. Online download and CD purchases help pay for this site. Largest collection of sundial software in more systems and languages and written by one person (me), all source code is open source. |
| FREE SUNDIAL PROGRAMS, SOFTWARE, and stuff ~ ~ ~ ~ in many systems and many computer languages |
| see stained glass |
| DeltaCAD macros V6 V7 |
| TurboCAD vbs, ppm |
| LAZARUS and its ALLDIALS in zip file and large graph version also |
| EXCEL main & EOT .xls Open Office .ods Documents To Go MSWORKS .wks Don't use Excel in Open Office nor vice versa. A small spreadsheet doing most common dials in xls, ods, and wks, and a DeltaCAD macro also, called "cubicShadows" |
| WHAT KIND OF SUNDIAL SHOULD YOU BUILD ~ ~ ~ ~ Before you build a sundial, decide what kind is best. Latitudes between the equator and about 15 degrees N or S would benefit from an equatorial (q) or polar (p) dial more than from a horizontal (h) dial design. On the equator a horizontal (h-dial) is a polar dial so use a p-dial design. At the poles, an h-dial is an equatorial dial, so use a q-dial design ~ run the DeltaCAD h-dial at low and high latitudes for fun, they approache the polar dial and q-dial. Play with it. |
| SUNDIAL BUYERS BEWARE ~ ~ Before you buy a sundial click here and check here for two guides, and also for my "What sundials not to buy", photos & notes, please give to any and all. And also my "What to do now you bought it" These are essential if you use any online auction. |
| SPREADSHEETS MS Office Excel Open Office MS Works wks Analemmatic dial PALM PILOT PDA xls and standalone prc APPENDICES complete DIAL FURNITURE Analemmas Calendar curves Italian lines UPDATES Book updates |
| Nomograms (build them, and use them) and Dialing Scales and |
| Online dial design ~ ~ NASS JAVA dials ~ ~ ~ or try one of the many software systems in many computer languages on this web site, including IBM 1401, 7094, and 360 simulators with h and v dial programs. This DeltaCAD page has free programs, and check the Lazarus page also. Check the free horizontal dial design booklet, and the cube dial booklet also. |
| Spreadsheets [notes] |
| Legacy computers with GUI simulators and sundial programs. |
| Legacy languages |
| Recent languages |
| Scientific languages |
| Windows Vista issues |
| GRAPHICAL SOLUTIONS |
| Download MICRO SHADOWS or SIMPLE SHADOWS if you use these programs, it helps to build a sundial |
| Windows VISTA page explains what works, or how to make it work, DeltaCAD, PalmPilot synch, etc. My Lazarus code works on Windows 7. |
| Virtual Reality sundials ~ ~ Check this rewritten page on how to see sundial observatories and sundials themselves in user manipulatable virtual reality. It tells you how to download the free Cortona web browser plug-in. |
| PAYPAL and prices with shipping costs and other details. The CD and online downloads help keep this website afloat. |
sundial building making how build make astrolabe deltacad turbocad gnomonics clay stained glass eot scilab octave euler LISP progecad legacy programming excel spreadsheet parametric script VBS fortran cobol pascal vrml basic IBM1401 IBM360 SPS FORTRAN nomogram analemma
| Details of free pamphlets |
| Book update info... If you bought one of my books printed, on the CD, or online, you can re download them at any time. Book 3 is here, and use your userid/password if you have it, or email me from the email you used before to get a new userid/password. |
| Details of free books..... |
this site
| see paper popups |
| Newer language systems |
| THE DIALS BELOW CAN BE BUILT WHERE YOU LIVE WITH "ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW" using the old fashioned ways, as well as with the free computer programs provided on this web site. The online and the CD purchases are what keep this web site afloat, and continuously expanded. Once you acquire the book, you can re-download it, with any updates! |
| PICTURES large clay and glass dials small wood/pvc dials artistic photos of dials author's antique or collectibles 3d dial pics here, here, and here author's stained glass non sundial vrml models if you have Cortona |
| see PDA page |
| End of this page ~ but do check out all the hyperlinks to my other pages that are part of this web site. |
| see cubic dials |
| Details of Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets. Open OfficeDetails of MS Works (Win 95 version) spreadsheets |
| horizontal dials at various latitudes |
north facing dial
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ISBN 0-9765286-8-1 plus 0-9765286-9-X Lib Cong 2005900674 plus 2006930654 Merges Illustrating Shadows and Illustrating More Shadows, deletes duplicated material, and techniques that are complex and replaced by easier methods, adds new material. Hands on, empirical, geometric, trigonometric, CAD, and spreadsheet dial design for small dials plus garden dials using common masonry supplies, clay, and glass, with emphasis on many calendar line techniques, and inclined decliners, while providing details on the use of DeltaCAD programming including the animation of many sheets as parameters vary. Case studies abound with associated problems solved, and cover the infamous inclined decliner, as well as all the other kinds of outdoor dials. The printed book comes with a CD of booklets, spreadsheets, VRML/WRL files, templates, etc. The CD has all books and booklets and programs along with source code. You can get the printed book and CD, just the CD, or an online download here. |
reclining meridian dial
| What do I want to do? I need some Idiot's Guides... ~ I don't want the theory, I just want to make it. Click here for the free Micro Shadows book and spreadsheets. ~ I want to know the theory and make one. OK, click here for the free Simple Shadows and spreadsheets. ~ I want a simple spreadsheet for Excel, Open Office, or MS Works that does almost all sundial stuff ~ I want a very advanced spreadsheet using Excel, or Open Office that does all sundial stuff. ~ I want to know what to look out for if I buy a sundial. Or, having bought one, how do I get it to work. ~ I want to see a list of the free books, or pamplets, or software. Tell me about the types of sundials All others should venture below... |
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| CAD language systems |
| The simplest book and software, free is Micro Shadows |
| The top of the line is for sale here on PayPal, and is Illustrating Time's Shadows, see to the right. |