Sundial 852
- Dial City: Wilmington
- Dial State/Province: North Carolina
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 34° 13.690' N
- Dial Nr: 852
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 77° 52.497' W
- Dial Owner: University of North Carolina
- Dial Designer: Ralph Reda and Brian Davis
- Dial Maker: Kenneth Lynch and Sons
- Dial Date: 2015
- Location:
- On the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, in the courtyard between DeLoach Hall and Randall Library
- Description:
- This is a bronze hemispherical equatorial sundial approximately 30 inches in diameter. The wide equatorial band is delineated every quarter hour and has cast Arabic numerals as hour markers from 6am to 6pm. The meridian band is inscribed with markers for the solstices and cross-quarter days. The sundial was a gift from the Reda Family to the Department of Physics. The sundial courtyard is the site of a public solar viewing session hosted by the Department of Physics on the two Fridays closest to the spring and autumn equinoxes.
- Inscription:
- Fruere Hora (Enjoy the Hour)
Last Update:
2017-02-05 12:20