Sundial 770
- Dial City: Bloomfield Hills
- Dial State/Province: Michigan
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 34.210' N
- Dial Nr: 770
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 83° 14.590' W
- Dial Owner: Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Dial Designer: Victor E. Edwards
- Dial Maker: Goddard & Goddard Company
- Dial Date: 1929
- Location:
- Cranbrook Educational Community Institute of Science Near the Science Museum 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills
- Description:
- An equatorial dial of cast bronze. The heavily patinated dial has Roman hour numerals IIII through VIII and a cast bronze pointer marked, "DAYLIGHT SAVING." It has an unusual crescent shaped arm with notch at the upper end. The arm is rotated until sunlight passes through a hole in the upper arm and strikes an analemma with monthly dates on the lower inner curve of the crescent. Time is then read on a circular dial from an "hour hand" pointer extending from the base of the crescent. The dial sits atop a marble pedestal engraved: "The A.N. Goddard Sundial" The dial was originally located at 12364 Burt Road home of Goddard & Goddard Company, also known as “Go & Go Co”. The building was erected in 1925 and the dial followed 4 years after. The company was a tool and dye company, but most notably produced milling cutters.
- Inscription:
- Engraved on the dial: VICTOR E EDWARDS 1929 LAT. 42° 20 LONG. 82° ? (The longitude is encrusted with heavy patina after the number 82. There is space for the minute mark, but it is unreadable.)
- Other References:
- Other similar dials by Victor E. Edwards are registered in Santa Barbara, California (Dial 232) and Worcester, Massachusetts (Dial 312).
Last Update:
7/18/2013 18:42