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Annapolis |
Maryland |
USA |
Armillary |
Dial 765 |
| A bronze armillary dial with meridian, horizon and equatorial rings on a concrete pedestal. Dial is located in Government House residence and requires a tour of the property for access. |
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Coalinga |
California |
USA |
Horizontal |
Dial 764 |
| A 26 inch diameter hand-carved, lacquer-coated beige sandstone horizontal dial set flush in a massive cast concrete pedestal. Dial has a thick stone gnomon, hour, half-hour and quarter-hour lines with Arabic ST hour numerals corrected for longitude. Face is marked with symbols showing sunrise and sunset times on solstices and equinoxes and with location coordinates. Dial face includes a hand carved graphic of a Valley Oak tree, symbolic of the San Joaquin Valley dial location. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Lake Oswego |
Oregon |
USA |
Analemmatic |
Dial 763 |
| An analemmatic dial with 20 foot major axis, 14 foot minor axis with hour markers and date line made of sandblasted concrete paver stones. A platform stand on the west side holds instructions on using the dial. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Carbonear |
Newfoundland |
Canada |
Armillary |
Dial 762 |
| A four foot diameter armillary dial built of 1.5 x 0.5 inch flat steel bar and 3/4 inch steel rod. A 1/2 inch steel rod gnomon casts the shadow on an aluminum equatorial ring, which includes hour and 5 minute marks. Dial includes horizon, equator, ecliptic, tropic, Arctic and Antarctic Circle rings. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Orosi Valley |
Cartago |
Costa Rica |
Point in Space |
Dial 761 |
| A 25 foot long point-in-space or nodus dial. The dial face is crushed stone. The 8 AM - 4 PM hour lines are red adoquine paving stones and the noon hour line is identified by adjacent gray paving stones. The dial equinox line is a row of gray paving stones. Solstices are identified by the curve formed by the tip ends of the hour lines. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Wynndel |
British Columbia |
Canada |
Equatorial |
Dial 760 |
| A ring equatorial dial built inside a cross-sectioned propane LPG tank. The equatorial surface has an inset plaque that shows EOT corrected time and includes declination lines for date shown by the shadow of the nodus on the polar gnomon wire. Dial sits on a granite block pedestal that shows cardinal directions. |
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White Rock |
British Columbia |
Canada |
Horizontal |
Dial 759 |
| A 9 x 12 inch stainless steel horizontal dial with 4 AM to 8 PM hour lines and Roman hour numerals for 6 AM and 6 PM. Dial is set on a 24 inch square capital atop a 30 inch high pedestal of concrete and local stones. This pedestal sits on a 50 inch square concrete base that was saved when the railway was moved in 1984 |
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White Lake |
Michigan |
USA |
Analemmatic |
Dial 758 |
| A 20 x 10 foot concrete analemmatic dial with Arabic numeral hour markers for 3 AM to 9 PM. A single central date line is painted on the dial face. Segmented raised seating surrounds the dial; slump stone block pillars mark the cardinal directions. A raised plaque provides dial information and directions for use. |
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Waterbury |
Connecticut |
USA |
Armillary |
Dial 757 |
| A 24 inch diameter armillary with meridian, horizon, equatorial, tropic, Arctic and Antarctic rings. Equatorial ring is engraved with Roman hour numerals. The dial is supported on a narrow 4 foot tall granite pedestal. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Victoria |
British Columbia |
Canada |
Horizontal |
Dial 756 |
| A 12 inch diameter cast bronze horizontal dial with hour lines, quarter-hour marks and Roman hour numerals. Dial face includes a central compass rose with cardinal directions; large characters inscribe RVYC and 1992. Dial sits atop a tapered mortared stone pedestal Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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