Sundials : their construction and use / R. Newton Mayall and Margaret W. Mayall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000Description: xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 048641146X
  • 9780486411460
Subject(s): Summary: To many people, the construction of a sundial implies laborious mathematical calculations and a knowledge of astronomy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This fascinating handbook, used in conjunction with ordinary tools and materials found around the home, makes it easy to design and construct a sundial on almost any surface and in virtually any position.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB215 .M33 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000050944

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Sky Pub. Corporation, 1994.

Includes index.

To many people, the construction of a sundial implies laborious mathematical calculations and a knowledge of astronomy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This fascinating handbook, used in conjunction with ordinary tools and materials found around the home, makes it easy to design and construct a sundial on almost any surface and in virtually any position.

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A practical, illustrated classic text on the construction and use of sundials

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