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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1052 |
| A hexagonal shaped brass dial 9.5 inches (24cm) . Gnomon appears set for 34 deg and is bent to one side. The dial plate is marked in 15 minute intervals with Roman numeral hour marks. The dial is heavily corroded. Dial sets on cylindrical limestone pedestal with a hexagonal cornice top. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Polyhedral Dial |
1051 |
| The dial is overgrown with lichen and stained with dirt. Underneath this rather shabby exterior is a fine polyhedral sundial with ten hemispherical dials arranged in a dodecahedron. Each dial is 8-in (20cm) in diameter fitted with a quarter-inch thick bronze gnomon. The gnomons are set in a common direction for the North Celestial Pole of approxi... |
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Sunset Point Rest Area |
Arizona |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1050 |
| Sitting on a low dais is a beautiful red granite sundial. The gnomon is about 1.5m high and 20cm wide sitting in the center of a dial about 2.5m in diameter. Hour lines radiate from the gnomon foot to the edge of the dais, marking the hours from VI (AM) to VI (PM) local solar time. Inscriptions are on both the east and west side of the gnomon, a ... |
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Terrel |
Texas |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1049 |
| When is a sundial not a sundial? At first glance it appears to be an armillary sphere, but upon closer inspection, it is missing both a gnomon rod and an equatorial ring to mark the hours. Then, in another view of the dial we see that the angled ring with spokes actually contains hour numbers and could be the missing equatorial ring. Further, it... |
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Hannibal |
Missouri |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1048 |
| A modernistic steel equatorial on a rectangular steel pillar. The gnomon rod shadow falls on an equatorial ring about 4-in (10cm) wide, showing time from V to VII, marked in hours and half hours. According to the Hannibal Courier-Post, "The sundial Scott Haycraft built 14 years ago is now back in its location at Glascock's Landing on the Hannibal... |
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Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1047 |
| In the middle of the Girard green in a large central plaza is an impressive stone dais with a square pillar rising several feet. On top is a 12-inch square dial with a smooth green patina. The dial has a wide gnomon offset to point to true north. The most striking thing is the Roman numerals that seem "upside down" from most horizontal dials. T... |
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Victoria |
British Columbia |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
1046 |
| An ordinary mass-produced horizontal dial mounted on a simply decorated cast concrete pedestal. 11.5" diameter, cast iron with verdigris finish. The dial face is inclined but in the wrong direction, opposite to what is needed to properly align the style to the polar axis (cannot be corrected because fixture is damaged). Appears to be a Model #2550 ... |
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Murdock |
Nebraska |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1045 |
| This is a standard, but lovely, brass sundial 8 inches in diameter. Chapter ring has hour marks from VI to VI, with short hour lines extending inward from the ring. The gnomon has the traditional silhouette of a bird beneath the gnomon style. An hour glass centered in wings is below the foot of the gnomon. The Headstones of August and Mary Ruge h... |
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Santa Cruz |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1044 |
| This is a colorful dial raised on a dais so that traffic doesn't hit it. Called "Light Time", the center of the dial has an artful yellow-orange impression of a sun surrounded by planets, moons and even a comet. Hours are marked in two colors for standard and savings time. The gnomon is 3/8 inch steel in the silhouette of a light house beneath ... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1043 |
| This elegant brass horizontal dial was custom made for this site, as evidenced by the word GARDENCOURT and the site’s latitude 38° 15’ cast into the plate at the bottom. The dial is 13.75 inches in diameter, with a design of a series of concentric rings. The innermost ring has 17 lines radiating out from the foot of the gnomon toward the Rom... |
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Saint Louis |
Missouri |
USA |
Sun Alignment |
1042 |
| The sundial, or more properly an alignment gap in the shape of a cross, is cut into the south wall of the Cascade Mausoleum. The cross shaped gap was cut into a 32,000-pound block of granite located at the top of the second flight of stairs, carefully angled at 27.9 degrees through this two-foot-thick block. Every year, on Dec 20th at 11:58 am, th... |
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San Bernardino |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1041 |
| This is a monumental horizontal sundial that from the ground simply looks like a giant pole with a slanting beam. High above the ground that beam is actually a segment of a gnomon, casting its shadow on the concrete plaza below. Then, if the eye is discerning, the concrete alternates in light gray and darker gray motif for the hour sections. Fro... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1040 |
| This bronze armillary’s equatorial ring is 1.25 inches wide and 16.25 inches in diameter. The inside of the ring has Roman numerals denoting the hours from 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The outside of the ring is decorated with dogwood blossoms, a traditional Christian symbol of resurrection. The serrated meridian band is 1.25 inches wide and it has an o... |
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Tucson |
Arizona |
USA |
Sun Alignment |
1039 |
| The Vista Sun Wheel is 63 feet [19.2 m] outside diameter and 197 feet [60 m] in circumference. The Wheel is composed of 28 tons of broken limestone. The central cairn is 11 feet [3.4 m] in diameter and 3 feet [1 m] high. In the center is a post marked by a sandstone block about 30 inches [76 cm] tall. The floor of the Sun Wheel called for anothe... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1038 |
| This 11-inch (28cm) octagonal bronze horizontal dial uses arrowheads as a subtle design element. The 14 hour lines are represented as long arrows aimed at the base of the gnomon and are delineated to quarter hours. . The hours are marked in Roman numerals, but only from 6AM to 6PM. There are three curved lines of unequal length that partially enc... |
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Mountain View |
California |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1037 |
| Analemmatic sundial 16' x 10' (4.8m x 3m) painted as a full ellipse on the driveway to a house. Shows local solar time. Time corrections to obtain civil time (Equation of Time and longitude offset) are given for the first of each month on the Zodiac Walkway. Sunrise and Sunset sighting points (seasonal or "Bailey" points) are provided for a theoret... |
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Annapolis |
Maryland |
USA |
Noon Mark or Meridian Dial |
1036 |
| This brass mariner's compass about 12 inches in diameter is mounted on the east side of a concrete pillar. It is known on campus as "The Ptolemy Stone". It functions as a meridian transit with altitude marks every half degree engraved on the upper south quadrant. The alidade has a notch on the upper end and a plate at the lower end, designed for ... |
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Montville |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1035 |
| The sundial gnomon is a metal pole about 4 inches (10 cm) diameter and 15 feet (4.5 m) long. Arabic numerals are engrave into stone paving blocks set on the perimeter of a 30 foot (9 m) circular brick plaza. The hour numbers are offset for both site longitude and daylight saving time. The gnomon is held metal work with a large sunburst in the cent... |
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Montville |
Ohio |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1034 |
| The zodiac walkway is made from 12 granite paving blocks engraved with abbreviated names of the months of the year. A nearby plaque instructs the observer to stand on the appropriate block to tell the time with one's own shadow. Time is indicated on inconspicuous bricks with black Arabic numerals. The hours are adjusted for longitude and set for D... |
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Youngstown |
Ohio |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1033 |
| Since the wall of the house/museum does not face true south, this vertical dial is set atop a plinth mounted midway up the south-west wall. The 2 x 4 foot (61 x 122 cm) dial face appears to be painted white wood ornamented with a gold face of the sun held by two black heraldic lions. The gnomon is a simple rod and the dial is delineated for due sou... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1032 |
| The Griswold-style bronze dial is 11 inches (28 cm)in diameter and closely aligned to true North. The gnomon is set at a generic angle of 40°, while the site latitude is 38°. The dial sits atop a fluted stone column 38 inches (96.5 cm) tall that has a round cap of 16.5 inches (42 cm) diameter and 4 inches (10 cm) thick. The column sits on a two... |
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Boardman |
Ohio |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1031 |
| This vertical dial fits well with the gothic style of the memorial chapel. The sundial gnomon and its fittings appear to be cast bronze, appropriately ornate and quite beautiful. Arabic numerals are chiseled into the stone wall, marking the hours of 6, 9, 11, 12, 1, 3 and 6. Other hour lines are unlabeled. |
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St. Catherines |
Ontario |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
1030 |
| This horizontal dial is engraved into a square block of pink granite with Roman hour numbers around the periphery and in Arabic numbers in an interior chapter ring. The gnomon was vandalized years ago and is totally missing. At the base of where the gnomon would sit is a compass rose. Southward on the dial face is the Centennial Maple Leaf and la... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1029 |
| The classic brass horizontal sundial is 11 inches in diameter with a large chapter ring of Roman hours marked from VI to VI. Noon is marked by "O". However, the hour and minute lines that extend inward and run in quarter hours from 4am to 8pm. At the south end of the dial is the traditional hour glass with wings. The gnomon is also classic with a... |
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Cañon City |
Colorado |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1028 |
| This sundial was constructed in 1969 on the top of a 10-foot round column on a 75-ton block of reinforced concrete by Heron Construction Co. to anchor an aerial tram cables spanning 2200 feet across the Royal Gorge. The column was tilted away from the cables and the station on the opposite side of the gorge, so the dial face is inclined about 4 deg... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1027 |
| This bronze armillary has equatorial and meridian bands 18 inches in diameter. The equatorial band is 2 inches wide with Arabic Hour marks on the inside of the band and zodiac symbols on the outside. The gnomon rod is a traditional arrow 31 inches long. The sphere’s metal base is 7.5 inches in diameter and is decorated with the signs of the zod... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1026 |
| This horizontal bronze dial is 9 1/2 inches in diameter with Roman hour marks from V to VII, delineated in quarter hours. Noon is marked by a thin trapezoid. Outside the dial is a surround of another ring with semi-circular words around the dial: "We live by deeds, not years". A classic hour glass with wings decorates the dial face. The gnomon is... |
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Louisville |
Kentucky |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1025 |
| The classic brass horizontal sundial is 10-1/2 inches in diameter with a large chapter ring of Roman hours marked from VI to VI. Noon is marked by "O". However, the hour and minute lines that extend inward and run in quarter hours from 4am to 8pm. At the south end of the dial is the traditional hour glass with wings. The gnomon is also classic wi... |
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Sacramento |
California |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1024 |
| A 6 foot wide x 5-foot high burnished stainless steel equatorial sundial. The meridian arc is parabolic shaped and the equatorial arc is slightly more than a gracefully tapered half-circle 5 1/2-feet in diameter. The central elliptical gnomon plate, which swivels to face the sun, has an analemma cutout that casts an accurate civil-time shadow onto... |
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Bala Cynwyd |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1023 |
| This is a statuary of a saddened maiden leaning over a vertical dial. The hour lines are thick lines radiating from the foot of the gnomon from 5am to 5pm. The maiden's hand lays over the bronze gnomon. In the center of the dial is a compass rose. This may be an 18th century statuary, a cast copy of a dial and statue in London. |
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Haverford |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1022 |
| Not too far up the wall of Union Hall is this vertical rectangular dial about 2x3 foot in size. The limestone dial is embedded in the stone block wall. The declining dial has hour lines every half hour from 5am to 6pm, but the gnomon is missing, leaving only a bronze stain on the light stone face. Most disturbing is a magnolia tree planted by the ... |
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Haverford |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1021 |
| This bronze vertical dial is about 2x3 feet with a splotched green patina. The hour lines and Roman markers go from 5am to 7pm. The tip of the gnomon shadow shows the date among declination lines from solstice to solstice. It is inscribed as an analemmatic dial, but only because at the noon hour is the trace of the analemma. Considering the mot... |
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Haverford |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1020 |
| Vertical dial about 2-foot square high up on the east wing of KINSC. The limestone dial is embedded in the stone block wall. The declining dial has hour lines every half hour from 5am to 4:30pm. The gnomon is in excellent condition and has not left brass stains on the dial face. |
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Haverford |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1019 |
| A rectangular horizontal dial about 18 x 12 inches. Heavily weathered, but Roman hour lines from 6am to 6pm with noon gap still visible. Original 5 minute hour marks barely visible on rim. The gnomon went missing some years ago and was retrieved on eBay, and is retained by the college. |
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Swarthmore |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1018 |
| This octagonal dial was given to Swarthmore in memory of their classmate Howard White Jr. The dial was originally placed in the Scott Arboretum on Parish Lawn but was removed for pathway reconfiguration in 2006. An alum Bob Thompson found that the dial was stored under the bleachers alongside Skallerup Track. n honor of Thompson’s 92nd birthday... |
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Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Noon Mark or Meridian Dial |
1017 |
| This meridian dial titled "The Point Where Things Change" was commissioned by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. It is a large 8-foot (2.4m) diameter hoop aligned north-south. The gray painted hoop is supported at its base, covered by a narrow steel sheet cone also painted gray. The meridian dial and cone are slightly raise... |
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Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1016 |
| In a small plaza is a beautiful bronze statue of Pan with Flute. The statue is 36 x 20 x 18 inches. His shoulder is bent to hold a 12-inch bronze sundial. Along the edge of the dial are Roman hour marks from 5am to 7pm. "In 1938, Mrs. William Stansfield presented the bronze statue, “Pan with Sundial,” to the University in memory of her husb... |
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Baltimore |
Maryland |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1015 |
| This red brick analemmatic is an ellipse 18x12 feet (6x4m). It has concrete stone inlays for the zodiac walkway and hour stones from 5am to 7pm in black lettering. At the edges are markers for the cardinal points and along the east-west line are the seasonal points (Bailey Points) for determining the direction of the rise and set of the sun.
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Beaufort |
South Carolina |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1014 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Parris Island SC. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring with ... |
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Buffalo Valley |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1013 |
| This monumental size sundial is called "Marking Time: and spreads over an area 100 x 50 feet (30 x 15 m). The gnomon is a 12 foot (3.6 m) tall welded stainless steel structure. The last several feet of the gnomon is a thin metal bar ending in a sharp point. Multiple time markers are arranged in hour lines from 6am to 6pm. These marks have the name... |
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Great Falls |
Virginia |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1012 |
| This 12-foot E-W analemmatic sundial was the Eagle Scout project of Kenny Dieffenderfer who marshaled volunteers from Troop 1547 and parents. The dial has hour marks of bright yellow radiant suns from 5am to 7pm local time. The zodiac walkway is 30 inches wide, painted with a white background and line marks for each month and appropriate colorful... |
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Ewa Beach |
Hawaii |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1011 |
| This is a large horizontal dial with a blue metal gnomon. At 21 deg latitude, the gnomon's low angle is distinguishing. Along the perimeter of half circle are Arabic numbers marking the hours from 6am to 6pm set between two concrete chapter rings. Just beyond the dial to the north is a an concrete bench that arcs across the 10am-2pm shadow line.... |
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Denver |
Colorado |
USA |
Gnomonic or Projection Dial |
1010 |
| This gnomonic sundial uses an oculus high above ground level to project sunlight through a large overhead disc made of yellow plexiglass with a hole in the center to provide a brighter spot of sunlight surrounded by a yellow ellipse to show date and time. The light projects onto a large gnomonic calendar in colored concrete designating the months ... |
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Athens |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1009 |
| For a dial 114 years old, it is in excellent condition. The bronze dial is of simple form with hour marks every quarter of the hour and a chapter ring with Roman hours from 5:30am to 6:30pm. Surrounding the chapter ring it reads "Ohio University". Father time stands with a scythe at the foot of the gnomon that contains the profile of a bird. On... |
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Westville |
Indiana |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1008 |
| This marine brass sundial at first glance is just a beautiful horizontal sundial with Roman hour marks delineated at 1 minute intervals from 5am to 7pm . But look carefully and at the base of the gnomon on the north side is a vertical stile whose shadow graces a stereographic projection of a grid of 5-minute solar time lines vs solar declination a... |
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Ventura |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1007 |
| The central part of the bronze sundial, approximately 12 inches in diameter, has the traditional hour marks and divisions into 15 minute intervals and surrounded by Roman numerals from 5am to 7pm. South of the gnomon is a simple compass rose with four cardinal points. With the dial at ground level the gnomon has led a hard life and is now held to... |
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Indianapolis |
Indiana |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1006 |
| Nestled among the trees in a small triangular park is a monumental horizontal sundial with oversized hour marks. The apparent method of reading the Roman hours that are all south of the 6am - 6pm line, is to look at the shadow then gaze across the sundial to read (upside down) the hour. The hours are 6, 9 ,12, 3, and 6. On the north side of the 6... |
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Marshfield |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1005 |
| This beautiful and educational analemmatic sundial is painted on the blue background of a 14x10 foot concrete pad. The ellipse itself has a semi-major axis of 76 inches and a semi-minor axis of 48 inches, particular suited for children. The zodiac walkway is nicely painted in white with clean stenciling of the months. The solstices and equinoxes ... |
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Longport |
New Jersey |
USA |
Sun Alignment |
1004 |
| This concrete and bronze dial is really an alignment sculpture, honoring events from Armistice Day (Nov 11, 1918) to Pearl Harbor (Dec 7, 1941). A five-vaned support casts a shadow onto brass medallions on the time and date of the event such as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month for Armistice (Veterans) Day. Surrounding the dial are ... |
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Norwell |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1003 |
| This vertical declining dial is made of painted plywood with a simple white background and black hour lines and Arabic numerals. The gnomon is a brass rod without nodus. The hour lines have been adjusted for the difference between the site's longitude and the 75° W standard-time meridian. The hours are numbered as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) inst... |
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