Sundial 912
- Dial City: Greenville
- Dial State/Province: Pennsylvania
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 41° 35.756' N
- Dial Nr: 912
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 80° 23.021' W
- Dial Owner: Thiel College
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1919
- Location:
- On the campus of Thiel College 75 College Ave. Greenville, PA 16125 Turn from College Avenue N. on Amelia Earhart Drive Parking on east side of Roth Hall.
- Description:
- This bronze dial is about 14 inches in diameter with a coarse near-white patina. Time is delineated in 5 minute intervals from 4:30am to 5:30pm. The hours are marked in Roman numerals and includes a gnomon gap for a fairly thick gnomon. The dial sits on on square stone pillar and thick plinth. Measurement of the gnomon angle agrees with with latitude engraved on the dial plate of 40° 25' that is more than a degree off the latitude of the the dial site.
- Inscription:
- Plaque on the stone pedestal: Erected by the class of 1919 in memory of Edwin P. Kishler T.O. D. Duron W. W. Wright Thomas F Hunt Francis L. Harter who died while serving their country in the war of 1914-1919
Last Update:
2018-09-19 21:24