Software and Other Downloads
| SundialAlign.exe Helps align your sundial to read Solar,
Standard, or Daylight Savings time. Works best if used
near solstices. CardinalDirections.exe Calculates when the sun is exactly east, south, north, or west to allow you to mark an exact east/west or north/south line from the shadow of a vertical string. WallDeclination.exe Calculates the declination of a vertical wall, using the simple method described in "Wall Declination.doc" below. Wall Declination.doc MSWORD document describing an easy and accurate way to measure wall declination. This method works only for vertical walls. Click here for PDF version Wall Declination.pdf. Renaissance Guide.Doc Owner's Manual for the Renaissance Sundial (MSWORD format). Sawyer Guide.doc Owner's manual for the Sawyer Equant Sundial (MSWORD format). |
Schmoyer Guide.doc Owner's manual for the Schmoyer Sunquest Sundial (MSWORD format).
Renaissance Lecture Powerpoint presentation on the features of the Renaissance Focusing Dial. Movie clips are not functional unless the following two movie files are downloaded into the same directory.
10:00 Movie 7 megabyte, 45 second high resolution movie of standard Renaissance focusing dial performing in real time.
11:00 Movie 8 megabyte, 45 second high resolution movie of double focusing Renaissance dial (the only one ever made) performing in real time. This is the most precise and accurate dial I have ever seen, period. This dial never fails to impress.
Sundial Lecture for Vermont Astronomical Society June 5, 2006.
Compendium Article on Stone Circle
Compendium Article on Locating North
Sun Oriented Sculpture Powerpoint for North American Sundial Society Conference September 16, 2007.
Sun Position Calculator Excel Spreadsheet Calculates useful data for determining solar position, solstices, solar noon, etc. You must allow MACROS to be Enabled, if Excel asks you at startup.