Historic Sundials in Washington DC

The Ibn al Shatir sundial sits in the Great Mosque of Damascus, a place it has held since 1371 AD.  Now a replica sundial is proposed for...

Thomas Jefferson - A True Sundial Designer

Benjamin Franklin - Rising Sun and a Modest Proposal

George Washington - Stars and Bars for DC and a dial for Mt. Vernon

The Adler Planetarium has one of the largest sundial collections in the world.  Here old dials are cleaned and restored.  This is a...

A Housing Developer creates a historic San Francisco Sundial in a Horse Track

During an archaeological excavation at historic Jamestown, a 17th century Ivory Diptych Sundial is discovered near an old cellar.  Analysis...

A Day of Shadows at the Smugglers Cove Ranch House

Years before NASS suggested it, the Washington Monument Became a Sundial hit on CBS News

The Barnwell Sundial in front of the Court House in Barnwell, South Carolina continues to tell accurate time since 1858.