Talk:Horizontal sundial calculations: Difference between revisions
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:This point of view seems a bit provocative, perhaps even trollish? I see one entry that has labeled "11 am" as "1 am" but most of the others use an "offset from noon" notation, which has some educational merit.] --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 17:29, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
::I think he's talking about the hour line angle values. BBC BASIC shows "-95.775" while most other langauges show "84.225". I can't quite tell if these are equivalent (I need a picture), but their absolute values add up to 180 which makes me think they might just be the same angle from different directions. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 17:50, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
::: Oh, yes, the principal value issue. Hmm... --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 18:12, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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