Sundial 260
- Dial City: College Park
- Dial State/Province: Maryland
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 59.150' N
- Dial Nr: 260
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 56.567' W
- Dial Owner: University of Maryland
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1965
- Location:
- Univ. of Maryland Campus At the middle of the green between McKeldin Library and Main Administration Bldg.
- Description:
- Very large horizontal dial 25 foot in diameter. Concrete dial with bronze gnomon 6' 6" high at tip. Has hour markers on raised circular slab. Metal disc with university seal in center of pierced gnomon. Adjacent graph provided correction for both EOT and mean/standard time differences. Due north or gnomon are shadow markers for date of year. Relocated May 1991 to present site.
- Inscription:
- The time spent learning lasts a lifetime
- Other References:
- Geo. McDowell, Ten Sundials in Maryland, #1.
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