Sundials
Subtitle: design, construction, and use
By: Denis Savoie ; illustrations by Thomas Haessig.
Series: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy; Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
Publisher: Springer; Published in association with Praxis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York; Chichester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780387098012
Subjects: Sundials; Sundials -- Design and construction; Astronomy -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Work titles: Cadrans solaires.
Description: xiv, 181 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Translation of: Les cadrans solaires.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A little astronomy; title: An introduction to sundials; title: The gnomon; title: Equatorial sundials; title: Horizontal sundials; title: Polar sundials; title: Vertical sundials; title: Horizontal analemmatic sundials; title: Altitude sundials; title: Sundials in the tropics.