Tennessee Selected Sundials |
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Chattanooga |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal |
Dial 670 |
| An 18 foot diameter horizontal dial of concrete and pebble with a cast bronze figure of a boy with outstretched arm, the 8 foot high finger tip of which serves as a point-in-space gnomon. The dial face includes hour marks and declination lines. An open book plaque on the bronze statue base gives instructions. Click Photo or City Name to READ MORE |
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Collegedale |
Tennessee |
USA |
Equatorial |
Dial 113 |
| ca 6'cylindrical segment, about 3' high Stainless steel Large equatorial, corrected for longitude. Nodus is a hole on a horizontal gnomon rod running E/W across face. Can compensate for DST by shifting dial via bolts/slots in base. Solstice lines run along top/bottom edge of cylinder. Built by Fabricators Inc., Chattanooga TN |
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Knoxville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal |
Dial 166 |
| 78" w x 168" h x 78" d Steel, brass & etched glass As the sun penetrates the building a shadow is cast from the gnomon onto the 1 inch thick laminated glass which has hour lines etched into its surface. The time is viewed from the underside of the dial. A deep carved mountain landscape is artificially lighted in the lower section. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Vertical |
Dial 425 |
| A 6 x 7 foot vertical dial declining 16.4° east of south sits above the entrance to the Science Building. The dial shows hour lines, declination lines and a noon analemma. |
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