Sundials: Their Theory and Construction (Anywhere But Naxos)
by Albert Waugh
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Author: Albert WaughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1973-06-01
ISBN: 0486229475
Number of pages: 230
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: A very good guide and reference for beginners and experts
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the book that finally helped me make a simple, horizontal sundial with paper, pencil, a protractor, a little tape, and a pair of scissors. A great deal of the mystery of making a dial was revealed to this non-math type thanks to this book.
The excellent description of the many different ways one can create the same dial is part of what makes this book superb. There are different techniques for laying out the hour lines, and I sometimes find one method easier than the other. I can try more than one method too. This author understands and respects each of these methods and his treatment of each is certain to make one or more of the methods understandable even to me. The construction of the gnomon was also easily explained.
Of considerable value to me are the tables in the appendix. These made drawing out the simple horizontal dial for a latitude of about 38 degrees very simple. I took my little dial outside, leveled the simple instrument and I was very pleased with the results of my first attempt. I must give most of the credit to Albert Waugh.
I'm looking forward to making my own polar dial and noon marks thanks to the information in this book. Indeed, I will put some other texts to use as well, but this is the one book that helps make these things approachable, and even helps one to better understand the content of more modern texts that are now available, especially in Cyberspace.
I do agree with another reviewer that little mention was made of navigation in this work, thus the importance (even today) of the solar compass is understated. This book was also published in a day when more photographs would have been too expensive, although the illustrations and photos in this volume are still considerable for the time (1973), and well chosen. I have myself seen the dial at the still functioning and historically important Brunton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA.
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