Sundial 733
- Dial City: Kalamazoo
- Dial State/Province: Michigan
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 21.685' N
- Dial Nr: 733
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 86° 34.967' W
- Dial Owner: Kalamazoo Nature Center
- Dial Designer: Ralph W. Emerson
- Dial Maker: Ralph W. Emerson
- Dial Date: 1971
- Location:
- Kalamazoo Nature Center Next to parking lot on path to Visitor's Center 7000 N. Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo
- Description:
- A combination horizontal, vertical, polar and equatorial dial 4 x 5 x 6 foot tall made of drilled aluminum plate with rod gnomon. The vertical plate shows the EOT graph and depiction of Earth showing polar tilt, celestial equator and Earth equator using drilled holes. The bottom plate below the equatorial face includes a compass rose that also shows the direction of sunrise and sunset at the solstices. All dial faces are marked using Arabic numerals with hour and 15 minute marks. The Kalamazoo Nature Center is open most days and charges an admission fee.
- Inscription:
- VERTICAL - EQUATORIAL - POLAR AND HORIZONTAL SUNDIALS IN TANDEM DESIGNED AND BUILT BY RALPH W. EMERSON OF KALAMAZOO PRESENTED TO THE NATURE CENTER BY MR. AND MRS. EMERSON IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS - 1971
Last Update:
6/23/2012 13:55