Sundial 448
- Dial City: Calgary
- Dial State/Province: Alberta
- Dial Country: Canada
- Lat: 51° 2.821' N
- Dial Nr: 448
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 114° 5.342' W
- Dial Owner: City of Calgary
- Dial Designer: Oldrich
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: Jul-67
- Location:
- Calgary Science Center 701 11th Street Calgary Telus World of Science entrance
- Description:
- A steel and brass equatorial dial 49 inches in diameter. The dial simulates an armillary sphere with two crossed semi-circles in a modernistic sculpture. There is a slot in the gnomon that projects a sun line and corrects for the equation of time; the gnomon is turned over at the solstice. Fine adjustments are required near the solstice to show correct clock time (MST). Dial built as a Canadian Centennial Project. Now relocated to a mid-level landing on the entrance stairs but not correctly aligned, producing a 48 minute error.
- Inscription:
- Inscribed, "Donated to the citizens of Calgary by the Canadian Labour Movement under the auspices of the Calgary Labour Council, 1 July 1967"
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