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Haverford
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Sundial: 1021
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| State/Province: Pennsylvania |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Vertical Dial |
Condition: Good |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
40° 0.587' N 75° 18.420' W |
| Location: |
- Haverford College
370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
On South side of East wing of Founders Hall
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| Description: |
- 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 motto on the dial, this was probably erected as a memorial to those lost in The Great War.
A close look at the mount of the dial shows at each corner a screw mechanism to ensure that the dial is held exactly vertical. However the bottom left support has apparently rusted away and has been affixed with a number of winds of baling wire.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - at top: "Analemmatic Dial 1918"
at bottom: "Pereunt et Imputantur"
Considering the date, appropriate for WWI - :Lost and Counted
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Last Revised: 2021-08-15 16:26
