To cardinal points, to types of dial plates, poloses.

Sundials according to the orientation of the wall The catalogue itself is supplemented with statistics of sundials - according to regions, districts, and types, number of vertical Sundials on fixed locations in Bohemia, Moravia, Silezia and Slovakia. You will find there the catalogue of 2,094 Which was published at the end of the last year. The electronic catalogue was used as a basis for the book 'Fixed Sundial Locations', Mentioned data were specified, completed and made topical. The team of authors continued this work and transferred the results into electronic form.

The total number of sundials filed at that time was 1,202. In the years 1981 - 1990 diploma papers which described the whole area of today's Czech Republic were elaborated. The idea of making the catalogue of sundialsĬame into being at Faculty of Natural Sciences (Charles University) in Praque. If the information provided in the book is not sufficient for the reader, he can obtain additional informationįrom information sources from which the author drew and the list is given at the end of the book. On the examples, especiallyįrom abroad, it is obvious how sundials can make the space come to life. The book might also be the inspiration for architects to design a sundial for the open space. With the application of acquired knowledge in the book the reader is able to make their own sundial. In some cases, to illustrate the situations or types which are not found in his country the author The book is written in such a way which allows the reader to be introduced to secrets of gnomonics step by step and to get to know less known types or functions of sundials.īesides the photographs from his wide collection the author used the photographs from Czech sundial on-line catalogue,

On many photographs not only the principles of their work are illustrated but also the faults and failings of an individual sundial. The book deals especially with the sundials which work on a principle of an hour angle. (Sundials - designs, implementations and examples from the native country and from around the World) Sluneční hodiny - návrhy, realizace a příklady z domova i ze světa New book about sundials Title of the book

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