Sundial 875
- Dial City: Lancaster
- Dial State/Province: Pennsylvania
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 40° 1.500' N
- Dial Nr: 875
- Dial Type: Heliochronometer
- Dial Access: Private
- Lon: 76° 19.300' W
- Dial Owner: George Lips
- Dial Designer: George Lips
- Dial Maker: George Lips
- Dial Date: June 2017
- Location:
- Private residence in Lancaster, PA. accessible for view in the front yard. To see, contact myheliochronometer@gmail.com
- Description:
- This 7.5 inch diameter heliochronometer was milled out of aluminum and set to the site latitude with a mounting plate. One heliochronometer arm has a sun illumination counter sunk hole 0.125 inch in diameter and on the other arm an engraved analemma for proper pointing offset to display civil time. Time marks are milled at 5 minute intervals, and a vernier is added (5 lines 4 minutes apart) so that time can be read to the nearest minute. The dialist George Lips has been making sundials as a hobby for 20 years. After obtaining a small model heliochronometer from the Franklin Mint and was amazed at how accurate it was. He decided to make one. The dial was made using a Trak A.G.E.3 mill. Another of his horizontal dials is shown in the last two photos.
- Inscription:
- "Heliochronometer"
Last Update:
2017-08-05 22:04