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Bethesda
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Sundial: 258
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| State/Province: Maryland |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Excellent |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
39° 00.100' N 77° 5.717' W |
| Location: |
- Walter Reed National Medical Center (formerly Naval Medical Center Bethesda).
West of the Main Entrance near the flagpole.
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| Description: |
- Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Center Maryland. 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 Arabic hours 6am to 6pm, raised hour lines that radiate from near the foot of the gnomon and short half-hour lines. The gnomon has graceful curves and a trefoil cut-out in the center. The dial base is on a stone pillar. The dial sits in a shallow stone bowl about 3 feet from the ground.
The facility, originally the US Naval Center, Bethesda, was designed by President Roosevelt in 1937. Drawing included. It called for a 15 story central building flanked by 2 story wings.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - Circling the dial is the motto: "Temporis ars medicina fere est" (Time is made by the art of medicine)
South of gnomon there should have been the title of the naval command, but there is none. Nor is their a commissioning date.
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- Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
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- Builder: US Naval Foundry
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| References: |
- Farenholt Sundials
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#258 US Naval Center Bethesda MD
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#1080 US Naval Ammo Depot (Hawthorne, NV)
#1081 US Naval Air Station CA
#1082 US NH Portsmouth NH
#1083 US NH Corpus Christi TX
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