Schema for horizontal dials
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schema-for-horizontal-dials-322-4894587
title:
Schema for horizontal dials
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A schema for horizontal dials is a set of instructions used to construct horizontal sundials using compass and straightedge construction techniques, which were widely used in Europe from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century. The common horizontal sundial is a geometric projection of an equatorial sundial onto a horizontal plane. The special properties of the polar-pointing gnomon were first known to the Moorish astronomer Abdul Hassan Ali in the early thirteenth century and
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Set of instructions used to construct horizontal sundials
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema_for_horizontal_dials
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2024-01-20T05:49:53Z
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