SPREADSHEETS
simplest spreadsheet - horizontal dial only
simple spreadsheet - horizontal dial with basix solar altitude and azimuthonly
easy to use spreadsheet - most dial functions - horizontal, vertical, and vertical decliner with full altitude and azimuth
full featured spreadsheet - all dial types, including analemmatic and astrolabe, calendar and analemma data, etc
astronomically accurate EOT spreadsheet
simplest spreadsheet - horizontal dial only
simple spreadsheet - horizontal dial with basix solar altitude and azimuthonly
easy to use spreadsheet - most dial functions - horizontal, vertical, and vertical decliner with full altitude and azimuth
full featured spreadsheet - all dial types, including analemmatic and astrolabe, calendar and analemma data, etc
astronomically accurate EOT spreadsheet
IMPORTANT WEB PAGES
ANALEMMA Notes and programs for drawing analemmas, uses DeltaCAD
as well as various spreadsheets
ANALEMMATIC DIAL Has an Excel and Open Office simplified spreadsheet
ASTROLABE Notes and programs and spreadsheets for astrolabes
CALENDAR Notes and programs for drawing calendar (declination) curves
CASE STUDY PAGE Pictures and notes on specific dials designed and built
DeltaCAD Macros for almost every dial type and dialling need
EQUATION OF TIME (EOT) Notes and programs for the equation of time
ITALIAN LINES Notes and programs for drawing Italian (sunset) lines
NOCTURNAL DIALS (STARS) Notes and templates for star clocks, good to about 4 minutes
NOMOGRAMS Usable nomograms, and programs and notes for drawing them
PROGRAMMING ADA ALGOL COBOL CPP DeltaCAD
FORTRAN IBM 1401 IBM 360 IBM 7090
JAVA BASIC LAZARUS LISP OCTAVE
PASCAL PDA PYTHON SCILAB TURBOCAD
VISUALBASIC
SOFTWARE free Acrobat reader
free Open Office (almost 100% compatible with Word and Excel)
SUPPLEMENTAL PAMPHLETS misc helpful short documents
VRML AND CAD VRML STUFF CAD STUFF
WALL DECLINATION How to measure a wall's declination from true N, S, E, or W
ANALEMMA Notes and programs for drawing analemmas, uses DeltaCAD
as well as various spreadsheets
ANALEMMATIC DIAL Has an Excel and Open Office simplified spreadsheet
ASTROLABE Notes and programs and spreadsheets for astrolabes
CALENDAR Notes and programs for drawing calendar (declination) curves
CASE STUDY PAGE Pictures and notes on specific dials designed and built
DeltaCAD Macros for almost every dial type and dialling need
EQUATION OF TIME (EOT) Notes and programs for the equation of time
ITALIAN LINES Notes and programs for drawing Italian (sunset) lines
NOCTURNAL DIALS (STARS) Notes and templates for star clocks, good to about 4 minutes
NOMOGRAMS Usable nomograms, and programs and notes for drawing them
PROGRAMMING ADA ALGOL COBOL CPP DeltaCAD
FORTRAN IBM 1401 IBM 360 IBM 7090
JAVA BASIC LAZARUS LISP OCTAVE
PASCAL PDA PYTHON SCILAB TURBOCAD
VISUALBASIC
SOFTWARE free Acrobat reader
free Open Office (almost 100% compatible with Word and Excel)
SUPPLEMENTAL PAMPHLETS misc helpful short documents
VRML AND CAD VRML STUFF CAD STUFF
WALL DECLINATION How to measure a wall's declination from true N, S, E, or W
| Excel Open Office illustrating-shadows-eot.xls illustrating-shadows-eot.ods (in a zip) |
| Excel Open Office MS Works (win 95) microShadows.xls microShadows.ods (in a zip) microShadows.wks |
| Excel Open Office MS Works (win 95) cubicShadows.xls cubicShadows.ods (in a zip) cubicShadows.wks |
| Excel Open Office illustrating-shadows.xls illustrating-shadows.ods (in a zip) |
SITE MAP ~ ~ ~ MOST COMMONLY USED FILES AND PAGES
BOOKS
Micro Shadows 14 pages of how to draft a horizontal dial, no theory however
uses microShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Simple Shadows 46 pages of how to draft a horizontal dial along with why and how
uses simpleShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Cubic Shadows 54 pages of building a cube dial
uses cubicShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Illustrating Time's Shadow book 400 pages on why and how to build almost any conceivable dial
uses illustrating-shadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Illustrating Time's Shadow appendices 168 pages of free appendices you may download
BOOKS
Micro Shadows 14 pages of how to draft a horizontal dial, no theory however
uses microShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Simple Shadows 46 pages of how to draft a horizontal dial along with why and how
uses simpleShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Cubic Shadows 54 pages of building a cube dial
uses cubicShadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Illustrating Time's Shadow book 400 pages on why and how to build almost any conceivable dial
uses illustrating-shadows.xls or .ods or .wks (see above spreadsheets)
Illustrating Time's Shadow appendices 168 pages of free appendices you may download
