Sundial 918
- Dial City: St. Louis
- Dial State/Province: Missouri
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 41.254' N
- Dial Nr: 918
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 90° 13.766' W
- Dial Owner: Mackey Family
- Dial Designer: Don Snyder
- Dial Maker: Abraham Mohler
- Dial Date: Installed Sep 10, 2018
- Location:
- Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum 4947 W Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115 The sundial is accessible during open hours for viewing by the public.
- Description:
- The dial plate is a 16 x 16 inch square piece of milk glass, with the hour lines and Arabic numerals made by sandblasting through a photo-etched stencil and then spraying black with lithichrome paint into the etchings. The triangular gnomon is made of 3/8 inch thick stainless steel. Saint Louis sculptor Abraham Mohler made the pedestal from EW Gold limestone quarried near Ste. Genevieve, MO. It is 18 x 18 inches square and 40 inches tall. Comment on Photo #3: The photo was taken at 3:54 PM CDT on Sept. 15. The solar time shown by the dial is exactly 3 PM. SolarTime = CivilTime - Longitude – EOT used CST = 2:54, Longitude from Time Meridian = 0:0:55, and the Equation of Time = 0:4:30 on Sept. 15, the result is SolarTime = 2:59:25, indicating that the dial displays solar time to good accuracy.
- Inscription:
- On the Pedestal: In Memory of Eugene J. Mackey, III Architect, Planner, Visionary 1938-1916
Last Update:
2018-09-30 19:53