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Clavius method (1586) (Fabica et usus instrumenti ad horologiorum descriptionem.) Rome Italy. The Clavius method looks at a quarter of the dial. It views the horizontal and the perpendicular plane to the polar axis as two rectangles hinged around the top edge of both dials. the polar axis will be at φ degrees to the polar axis, and the hour lines will be equispaced on the polar plane an equitorial dial. (15°). Hour points on the polar plane will connect to the matching point on the horizontal plane. The horizontal hour lines are plotted to the origin.
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| Author | Photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. (www.clemrutter.net). | |
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