Sundial 1091
- Dial City: Jersey City
- Dial State/Province: New Jersey
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 40° 43.013' N
- Dial Nr: 1091
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 74° 01.812' W
- Dial Owner: Hyatt Hotels
- Dial Designer: Robert Adzema
- Dial Maker: Atlantic Metal Works, Inc. Union City, NJ
- Dial Date: 2002
- Location:
- Behind Hyatt Regency Jersey City On the Hudson,2 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 Follow the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway to the east end.
- Description:
- The equatorial sundial is a classic "bow string" sundial using a thin rod with a nodus to tell both time and date. The nodus is a small disk with a hole in the center to let a beam of sunlight fall near the noon hour line on the equatorial ring. The equatorial ring (a semi-circle) as the rest of the dial is stainless steel, The dial is 12 feet (4m) at the base and 12 feet (4m) in height, forming a 45 deg triangle in profile.
- Inscription:
- At the center of the equatorial ring is a noon analemma, showing the date, solar declination, and the time correction to determine standard
- Dial Links:
- https://www.robertadzema.com/
Last Update:
2023-06-24 19:23