Sundial 691
- Dial City: Boulder City
- Dial State/Province: Nevada
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 35° 59.000' N
- Dial Nr: 691
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Private
- Lon: 114° 50.000' W
- Dial Owner: Private
- Dial Designer: John Carmichael
- Dial Maker: John Carmichael
- Dial Date: January, 2011
- Location:
- Private residence
- Description:
- A 2x3 foot vertical stained glass dial declining 44.3° west of south permanently located in the living room window of a private residence. Dial has a uniquely attached point-in-space nodus on a perpendicular gnomon secured with a magnet to an embedded steel disk in the glass dial face, preventing damage should the gnomon be struck. Dial face includes hour numerals, half-hour lines, solstice and equinox lines and a solar noon mark. Dial face consists of 210 pieces of glass, 40 feet of lead and zinc came and 20 engraved and hand painted pieces of glass. The frog-shaped perpendicular gnomon can be replaced with a ball-shaped gnomon.
Last Update:
7/23/2011 11:15