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Bloomington
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Sundial: 38
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| State/Province: Indiana |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Fair |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
39° 11.050 N 86° 31.383 W |
| Location: |
- Indiana University Campus, in front of Assembly Hall of the Baseball Arena
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| Description: |
- A small horizontal dial, about 18 inches in diameter. The dial plate is tilted 2 deg to the horizon to allow water run-off. However, more unusual is the base that contains a hand crank connected to a scalloped drum that tilts the entire dial to adjust for the Equation of Time. The drum is rotated to the current date and the drum edge pushes a cam that tilts the plane of the horizontal face so that standard time is indicated to within half a minute. The dial is actually mounted on an equatorial axis. Since 1979 the dial has gone into a state of disrepair and is overgrown by bushes.
In July 2011 it is reported that the adjusting knob no longer works to tilt the dial.
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General Information: | - Owner: Indiana University
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- Designer: Robert Atkinson
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| References: |
- Sky & Telescope, Feb 1979, p.138-40.
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Last Revised: 2020-08-02 19:30
