Sundial 851
- Dial City: New Orleans
- Dial State/Province: Louisiana
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 29° 43.968' N
- Dial Nr: 851
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 90° 7.337' W
- Dial Owner: Tulane University
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1938
- Location:
- In front of the south entrance of Josephine Louise House, Newcomb Campus, Tulane University
- Description:
- The concrete dial is 32 inches in diameter with simple hour lines without any further ornamentation. The foot high gnomon is a stainless steel wedge, tapering slightly from base to top. An interesting effect of looking at the sundial and gnomon: by moving your head, the hour lines reflected in the gnomon can line up with lines on the other side of the gnomon. The dial sits on a 3 foot high concrete pedestal. From the history of Newcomb College, Susan Tucker writes, "In a letter dated October 11, 1886, Josephine Louise LeMonnier Newcomb first wrote to the Administrators of the Tulane University Educational Fund of her desire to establish a college in memory of her daughter, Harriot Sophie.... In January 1891, Newcomb began classes at the Washington Avenue campus in the heart of the fashionable Garden District [of New Orleans] with stately live oak trees lining the campus
- Inscription:
- GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1938 IN MEMORY OF JOSEPHINE LOUISE NEWCOMB FOUNDER OF NEWCOMB COLLEGE
- Other References:
- Close-up Photo: https://news.tulane.edu/news/sun-time
- Snowman and Gnomon
- http://www.ohr.tulane.edu/news/newwave/012914_snowman.cfm
Last Update:
2016-12-25 21:56