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| This is a PDF file that shows you how to make a simple horizontal sundial. This booklet of 14 pages consists of a STEP BY STEP process, and a few tables from the main book, ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS for a detailed table of contents or here for a chapter index. This file is about 1 MB. MICRO SHADOWS talks only of horizontal sundials, in a do-it-first-then-fix-it-next step by step process, BUT NO DISCUSSION OF what happens and why it works. For that you should check SIMPLE SHADOWS. Tables are provided, and formulae are available in CALCULATING SHADOWS, and you can download REFERENCE-SPREADSHEETS.XLS if you wish, and the main page has a link to a free or low cost Excel (.xls) viewer.. You also may wish to access the spreadsheets on this web site, this link here is the reference page for the main book and has updates and other good stuff, and it has those links. Also the main web page has some links for software you may like to access. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD "MICRO SHADOWS" in pdf format (Acrobat). If you liked MICRO SHADOWS, or if you want more details abut are not sure you want to buy the main book yet, then try SIMPLE SHADOWS, it is free and is like Micro Shadows except it has theory, design, tables, and templates for horizontal dials. Simple Shadows is one sixth the size of ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS, and is in essence. . . Simple Shadows is a free sample of the main book . . |
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