| Simon Wheaton-Smith email |
| this page is highly abbreviated the full page is here |
| stained glass |
| DeltaCAD macros |
| LAZARUS and its ALLDIALS in zip file and large graph version also |
Android .xls A small spreadsheet doing most common dials in xls, and a DeltaCAD macro also, called "cubicShadows" but this is in ZIP form and your smart phone may not be able to use it |
| SUNDIAL BUYERS BEWARE ~ ~ Before you buy a sundial click here and here for two guides, and also for my "What sundials not to buy", please give to any and all. Also my "What to do now you bought it" These are essential if you use any online auction. |
| SPREADSHEETS ANDROID xls and tools |
| Nomograms (use them, and even build them) and Dialing Scales |
| Spreadsheets [notes] |
| Legacy computers with GUI simulators and sundial programs. |
| Legacy languages |
| GRAPHICAL SOLUTIONS |
| Newer languages |
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ISBN 978-0-9960026-0-8 Lib Cong 2014904839 index to the complete book Some 400 pages of 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 Italian/Babylonian lines also, 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. |
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| The top of the line book is Illustrating Time's Shadow, see below FREE |
| vertical decliner, calendar and Italian lines |
| shepherd's dial |
| B O O K S h e r e |
| M I S C S T U F F |
| S O F T W A R E |
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW and EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE |
| T O P I C S |
| north facing dial |
| APPENDICES ~ free ~ here |
| HERE for smartphone tools and free software Try "Sol Et Umbra" for Androids for a good almanac |
What do you want to do?
no theory, just make a horizontal dial Micro Shadows
(abbreviated for smartphone) and also the smartphone
spreadsheet This is a legacy, replaced by Simple
Shadows
some theory and make a horizontal dial Simple
Shadows (abbreviated for smartphone) and also for the
smart phone spreadsheet
some theory and make a cubic dial with the standard
horizontal dial, plus meridian dials, and a polar dial,
equatorial dial, or vertical dial. Cubic Shadows
(abbreviated for the smartphone), and also spreadsheet.
want several simple spreadsheets for smart phones,
and a good free spreadsheet program itself
want to know what to look out for if I buy a sundial, or
having bought one, how to get it to work.
(abbreviated for smartphone) and also the smartphone
spreadsheet This is a legacy, replaced by Simple
Shadows
some theory and make a horizontal dial Simple
Shadows (abbreviated for smartphone) and also for the
smart phone spreadsheet
some theory and make a cubic dial with the standard
horizontal dial, plus meridian dials, and a polar dial,
equatorial dial, or vertical dial. Cubic Shadows
(abbreviated for the smartphone), and also spreadsheet.
want several simple spreadsheets for smart phones,
and a good free spreadsheet program itself
want to know what to look out for if I buy a sundial, or
having bought one, how to get it to work.
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