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New Orleans
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Sundial: 851
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| State/Province: Louisiana |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Good |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
29° 43.968' N 90° 7.337' W |
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- In front of the south entrance of Josephine Louise House, Newcomb Campus, Tulane University
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| Description: |
- The concrete dial is 32 inches in diameter with simple hour lines without any further ornamentation. The foot high gnomon is a stainless steel wedge, tapering slightly from base to top. An interesting effect of looking at the sundial and gnomon: by moving your head, the hour lines reflected in the gnomon can line up with lines on the other side of the gnomon. The dial sits on a 3 foot high concrete pedestal.
From the history of Newcomb College, Susan Tucker writes, "In a letter dated October 11, 1886, Josephine Louise LeMonnier Newcomb first wrote to the Administrators of the Tulane University Educational Fund of her desire to establish a college in memory of her daughter, Harriot Sophie.... In January 1891, Newcomb began classes at the Washington Avenue campus in the heart of the fashionable Garden District [of New Orleans] with stately live oak trees lining the campus
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1938 IN MEMORY OF JOSEPHINE LOUISE NEWCOMB FOUNDER OF NEWCOMB COLLEGE
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| References: | Web Links: |
- Close-up Photo: https://news.tulane.edu/news/sun-time
Snowman and Gnomon
http://www.ohr.tulane.edu/news/newwave/012914_snowman.cfm
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Last Revised: 2016-12-25 21:56
