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Sun angle calculatorA circular computer and system is disclosed for determining the sun angle relative to the horizon from any given place and at any time. The computer includes transparent, rotatably mounted discs on both sides of the circular disc member. Printed on one side of the circular disc member are outer and inner circular sets of indicia respectively representative of site longitude and Greenwich Mean Time. Printed on an associated one of the rotatable discs is a set of indicia representative of Solar Time. Printed on the other side of the circular disc member are parallel lines representative of latitude between diametral representations of North and South poles. Elliptical lines extending between the North and South poles are proportionally disposed on the surface to scale Solar Time in hours.
Document ID
19760022464
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Flippin, A.
(Kentron Hawaii Ltd. Dallas, United States)
Schmitt, A. L.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
July 27, 1976
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
76N29552
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-CASE-MSC-12617-1|US-PATENT-3,971,915
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-513576
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