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Fairfield
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Sundial: 1124
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| State/Province: Ohio |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Excellent |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
39° 20.052' N 84° 33.907' W |
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- Dial is in the center of Village Green Park, across the street from Fairfield Lane Library, 1485 Corydale Drive, Fairfield, OH 45014
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| Description: |
- A compound bronze horizontal dial approximately 24in (61cm) in diameter with a second meridian transit gnomon hole to cast a beam of light onto a noon analemma. The outer chapter ring shows Standard Time with Roman numerals, 1 hour marks. The inner chapter ring show Daylight Savings Time in Arabic numerals with 15 minute marks. Note that like most horizontal dials standard/daylight time is local solar time, measuring time as it crosses the meridian. The noon analemma uses holidays and seasons as date marks. The analemma is offset from the dial's N-S meridian, showing the sun's illumination on the analemma curve using local Daylight Savings Time. Fairfield Ohio, even at 84° W is on Eastern Time, such that to tell civil time, one needs to add 38 minutes to shadow time. If one looks at the plaque that contains a graph of the Equation of Time, that 38 minutes is included. Both the offset noon meridian dial and EoT graph result in precise civil time. The whole complex is an octagon about 5 ft (1.5m) across.
Inscription: "Dedicated in memory of Joseph B. Bayer (March 25, 1930 - January 23,1999) - To his lifelong pursuit of knowledge and the practical application of science and engineering. Founder of Bayer Becker Engineers. Engineering is the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to man. The earth move relative to the sun in a very predictable pattern. By applying this knowledge with the geometry of the earth and our location on it, we can use the sun as an accurate clock.
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General Information: | Inscription: | - Owner: City of Fairfield, Ohio
| - The dial face inscribed: Dedicated to the memory of Joseph B Bayer. (see dial description for text)
Surrounding the dial are five plaques.
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Last Revised: 2025-06-18 17:16
