| 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 books online ($10), or the CD ($20 or $25), 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 books and CD 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), d (declination curves), and, inc:
incliners and dec: decliners, and -a if animated (which some DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs do). SUNDIAL
PARTS: are here with explanations (for the common 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), d (declination curves), and, inc:
incliners and dec: decliners, and -a if animated (which some DeltaCAD, Euler, and Scilab programs do). SUNDIAL
PARTS: are here with explanations (for the common horizontal sun dial (nodus, style sub-style, gnomon, dial plate,
etc).
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ~ 400 pages The complete appendices are a separate book ~ 172 pages This book merged Illustrating Shadows (book 1) and Illustrating More Shadows (book 2) , re-sequenced them , deleted lesser used as well as duplicate methods, added tons of new material, and separated out the appendices as a separate book while retaining a very short appendix of essential data to complete the main book itself. Covers not only dial design, but also the design of programs and other tools. |
| 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 ~ |
| March 8, 2010 |
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW printed, online or on CD, is for sale EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The book online ~ $10 you get this also with the CD and the books ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The book on CD $15 within the USA $20 outside USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Upgrade/replace full CD $10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow plus printed appendices & CD $40 or $35 NASS/BSS, + s&h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Illustrating Time's Shadow and the CD but no printed appendices $30 or $25 NASS/BSS, + s&h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PayPal buttons are here ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Privacy Policy is here |
| The printed books come with a CD of CAD, pdf, xls, vrml, animations, software, and so on. |
| FREE BOOKS AND BOOKLETS (if you like this site's items, buy the CD!) |
| Changes and Updates to the web site, software, books, and pamphlets. |
| Except for the printed books, CD and online books, 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. |
| WHAT YOU MAY PURCHASE TO HELP YOU (and the web site!) ~ ~ ~ by the way, everything else is free |
| FREE SUNDIAL PROGRAMS and SOFTWARE ~ ~ ~ ~ in many systems and many computer languages |
| see stained glass |
| DeltaCAD macros |
| 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. Jan 19, 2010 new spreadsheet is small and does most stuff "quickShadows" in xls, ods, and wks form |
| CREDIT CARD but no PayPal account?? click PayPal here and you can enter a credit card which I WILL NEVER SEE. But I do get the funds. PAY BY CHECK?? check the costs on this PayPal page, and email me for the payee and mailing address. |
| 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. |
| Hour angle dials can be designed using geometry (see picture to the right), which in turn is convertible to trigonometry (see the spreadsheets (Excel) and all the programming languages for which this website has sundial programs |
| 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. |
| click here for old fashioned stereogram of the picture above |
| SPREADSHEETS MS Office Excel Open Office MS Works wks PALM PILOT PDA xls and standalone prc APPENDICES complete DIAL FURNITURE Analemmas Calendar curves Italian lines UPDATES Book updates |
| 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 |
| CAD language systems |
| download MICRO SHADOWS or SIMPLE SHADOWS if you use these programs, it explains how to build a dial |
| Windows VISTA page explains what works, or how to make it work, DeltaCAD, PalmPilot synch, etc. |
| 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. Online and CD purchases 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
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ~ 400 printed pages plus the big CD ~ $30 + s&h The appendices ~ 174 printed pages ~ $10 + s&h This book is Illustrating Shadows merged with Illustrating More Shadows with duplication and older obtuse methods removed, and much new material added Thus, the predecessor books are no longer available (but are still on the CD) This book merges Illustrating Shadows (book 1) and Illustrating More Shadows (book 2) content, re-sequenced, while adding new material and deleting some lesser used or duplicative methods. Small portable and large garden dials are covered, and multiple media such as PVC, wood, paper, concrete, copper, glass, and clay. Summaries on programming various systems and languages, and two CAD systems. The book itself is available as a 24mb approx download - free to download if you acquired the predecessor printed, CD or online books, use the same userid/password you were given, or if your userid/password expired, email me for a new set. Check the table of contents here. The printed book comes with a CD with the original books (Illustrating Shadows and Illustrating More Shadows) as well as Illustrating Time's Shadow, and all the many programs and extras. Get the printed book ($30), the printed appendices ($10), or both ($40), all plus s&h using PayPal here. This book is available on CD ($15 USA, or $20 outside USA) as well as online ($10 usd), you print it locally ~ the CD and online option have the books in full color. The entire Appendices are also downloadable for free |
| Details of Open Office spreadsheets |
| Details of other programs |
| Details of free pamphlets |
| Details of MS Works (Win 95 version) spreadsheets |
| 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 |
| Pictures and details of my computer programs & output |
this site
| Appendices free download |
| Illustrating Time's Shadow online download |
| i.e. there are now no longer two separate books, they merged and became one and the same "Illustrating Time's Shadow" |
| 45 degree vert decliner |
| 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 |
| Acrobat viewer Word, Excel, Powerpoint Screen Capture A ZIP utility Open Office full system VRML browser plugin |
| What do you want to do? I am new to this... I need some Idiot's Guides... simplified and updated January 17, 2010 ~ I don't want the theory, I just want to make it. OK, 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 Jan 19, 2010 ~ 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 Jan 18, 2010 All others should venture below... |
| A diptych dial for Phoenix and Silver City Dec 2009 |
| 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 |
| horizontal dials at various latitudes |