Sundial 256
- Dial City: Washington
- Dial State/Province: District of Columbia
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 55.275' N
- Dial Nr: 256
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 77° 3.942' W
- Dial Owner: US Naval Observatory
- Dial Designer: Richard Schmidt of the USNO staff
- Dial Maker: Alex Bigler of Equestrian Forge, Leesburg, VA
- Dial Date: 1993
- Location:
- US Naval Observatory at 34th NW and Massachusetts Av NW. Dial has restricted public access.
- Description:
- Octagonal bronze horizontal dial, mounted just above the ground level. Designed by Richard Schmidt of the USNO staff and cast by Alex Bigler of Equestrian Forge celebrates the 100th anniversary of the move of the USNO to its present site at Observatory Circle. The USNO was founded in 1830. Public, but by appointment only (202-762-1438). The dial has hour lines from 4am to 8pm in Roman numerals with time marks to the quarter hour. Across the face of the dial are solstice lines, solar declination lines of +/-10 and +/-20-deg, and the equinox lines. In the southern quadrant is the sea of the USNO.
- Inscription:
- U.S. Naval Observatory 1893 Observatory Circle Centennial 1993 Sine Sol Nihl Sum Tempus Omnium Parens
- Other References:
- NASS Compendium, Other Sundials of the Greater Washington Area, 1995
Last Update:
2017-02-01 20:33