PICTURES
Page 1 ~ concrete, glass, ceramic, copper ~ outside dials made by the author
polar, horizontal, stained glass, meridian, capuchin, shepherds, vertical, globe, cube,
decliners, inclined decliners, armillary, equatorial, ...
Page 2 ~ fine detail yet less weather proof. (wood, other materials such as PVC, 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 and here and here of sundials, real and 3d CAD, just for fun.
and some antique or collectible dials in the author's collection
Page 1 ~ concrete, glass, ceramic, copper ~ outside dials made by the author
polar, horizontal, stained glass, meridian, capuchin, shepherds, vertical, globe, cube,
decliners, inclined decliners, armillary, equatorial, ...
Page 2 ~ fine detail yet less weather proof. (wood, other materials such as PVC, 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 and here and here of sundials, real and 3d CAD, just for fun.
and some antique or collectible dials in the author's collection
| Links to good sundial sites Where is the sun, the moon, and so on, interactive ~ ~ March 11, 2012 Sundial Web ring North American Sundial Society British Sundial Society Sundial Primer Stained Glass Sundials Wiki on Sundials JoÃl Robic's site www.gnomonica.com more sundial links The standard BSS glossary Orologi Solari Sundial Atlas UK School syllabus Mag Dec/Var NOAA |
| 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. |
| FREE BOOKS PAMPHLETS Templates Paper popups Paper cutouts FAQ PPT courses and classes SOFTWARE lots of it, free |
| Simon Wheaton-Smith email about me (the author) case studies pictures of my dials 3d JPG pics |
| 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, or the online download of 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 thousands 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 the lead. Even my spreadsheets support the astrolabe. The online download and CD purchases provide the incentive for further development. And help when I teach classes on sundials at the local university. |
| ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS ~ ~ a journey of discovery ~ ~ sundials ~ ~ and how to make them ~ ~ ~ and how to use, or make, the things that can help design them ~ |
| May 2012 |
| 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, etc ~ many systems, many computer languages |
| see stained glass |
| DeltaCAD macros |
| TurboCAD vbs, ppm turboViewer dxf/dwg files |
| LAZARUS and its ALLDIALS in zip file and large graph version also |
EXCEL main .xls Open Office .ods Documents To Go MSWORKS .wks A small spreadsheet doing most common dials in xls, ods, and wks, and a DeltaCAD macro also, called "cubicShadows" |
| SUNDIAL BUYERS BEWARE ~ Before you buy a sundial click here and here and "What sundials not to buy", and "What to do now you bought it" |
| POWERPOINTS SPREADSHEETS MS Office Excel Open Office MS Works wks ANDROID xls and tools PALM PILOT PDA xls and .prc APPENDICES complete DIAL FURNITURE Analemmas Calendar curves Italian lines BOOK updates |
| Nomograms (use them, and even build them) and Dialing Scales and |
| Online dial design ~ NASS JAVA dials ~ or try one of the software systems in many computer languages including IBM 1401 and 360 simulators with sundial programs. The DeltaCAD page has free programs, and the Lazarus page also. |
| Spreadsheets [notes] |
| Legacy computers with GUI simulators and sundial programs. |
| Legacy languages |
| Recent languages |
| Scientific languages |
| Hand held calculators |
| GRAPHICAL SOLUTIONS |
| Download MICRO SHADOWS or SIMPLE SHADOWS if you use these programs, it helps to build a sundial FREE of course... |
| Windows VISTA page explains issues and resolutions, DeltaCAD, PalmPilot synch, etc. No problems so far on Windows 7 |
| Virtual Reality sundials ~ ~ Check this page to see a sundial observatory in user manipulatable virtual reality. It tells you how to download the free Cortona web browser plug-in, and there are two standalone browsers available also. |
| 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
| The printed edition is currently out of stock until late May Please acquire the online download, or the CD |
| 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 and password if you have it, or email me from the email you used before to get a new userid/password. |
| Details of free books..... |
| see paper popups |
| Newer language systems |
| THE DIALS SHOWN HERE 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 |
| End of this page ~ but do check out all the hyperlinks above to all my other pages that are also part of this web site. |
| Details of Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets. Open OfficeDetails of MS Works (Win 95 version !! ) spreadsheets |
north facing dial
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ISBN 0-9765286-8-1 plus 0-9765286-9-X Lib Cong 2005900674 plus 2006930654 index to the complete book Merges Illustrating Shadows and Illustrating More Shadows, deletes duplicate and obtuse techniques, adds much more material. 400 pages 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 Babylonian/Italian lines, 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, booklets and programs along with source code. You can get the CD, or an online download here. |
| What do you want to do? Do you wish for some Idiot's Guides... ~ don't want theory, just want to make it. Click for the free Micro Shadows book and spreadsheets. ~ want to know some theory and make it. Click here for the free Simple Shadows and spreadsheets. ~ want a simple spreadsheet for Excel or Open Office [cubic Shadows] that does most sundial stuff ~ want a very advanced spreadsheet using Excel, or Open Office that does almost all sundial stuff. ~ want to know what to look out for if I buy a sundial. Or, having bought one, how to get it to work. ~ want to see a list of the free books, or pamplets, or software. What 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 and is Illustrating Time's Shadows, see to the right. |
| F R E E |
| inclined decliner - S50W inclined 20 see Excel, Open Office, and DeltaCAD, and chapter 18 of Illustrating Times Shadow |
| You get the source code to all my programs, ALLDIALS, IBM 360 and 1401 simulators, etc. |
| see PDA page |
| a PHX cube dial offset 45 degrees |
| vertical decliner, calendar and Italian lines at his Silver City house |
| shepherd's dial |
| B O O K S o n t h i s w e b s i t e (most are free) |
| M I S C S T U F F |
| S O F T W A R E |
reclining meridian dial
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW printed, on CD, or online download are for sale EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow online download $10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The book on a CD $15 within the USA $20 outside USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow and appendices all printed & CD NASS/BSS member discount for price see here ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow printed and the CD but no printed appendices NASS/BSS member discount for price see here ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To check purchase prices use the PayPal page. To purchase any of the above, use the PayPal buttons ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Privacy Policy is here |
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| T O P I C S |
ABBREVIATIONS: h-dial (horizontal), v-dial (vertical), m-dial (meridian dial), p-dial (polar dial),
q-dial (equatorial), z (azimuth), s-dial (shepherd dial), and so on. And -a if animated (which some
DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs are). SUNDIAL PARTS: here with explanations (for the
horizontal sun dial (nodus, style sub-style, gnomon, dial plate, etc).
q-dial (equatorial), z (azimuth), s-dial (shepherd dial), and so on. And -a if animated (which some
DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs are). SUNDIAL PARTS: here with explanations (for the
horizontal sun dial (nodus, style sub-style, gnomon, dial plate, etc).
| 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 approach the polar dial and q-dial. |
| horizontal dials at various latitudes |
| H I N T S a n d I D E A S |
| a cube dial on a column in Phoenix |
| a north facing dial in Phoenix showing 6:30 pm |
| yes, I made all the dials you see pictured on this page, and you can too with my books |
| Saltillo tile dials above left ~~ vDec S45E above right ~~ inc dec, inc=20 s51E=dec left ~~ true south see case studies |
| see cubic dials |
| see astrocompass |
| Open Book dial |
| Equatorial dial at the equinox ! ! |
A ceramic floor tile for a v-dial
this site
| APPENDICES ~ these are free ~ complete appendices here |
| EVERYTHING IS FREE here except for the big 400 page book. Printed material is currently out of stock. |
| Relating solar hour angle (equatorial dial) to horizontal, vertical,and polar (and meridian) dials. |