Sundial 181
- Dial City: Annapolis
- Dial State/Province: Maryland
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 59.583' N
- Dial Nr: 181
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 28.017' W
- Dial Owner: US Naval Academy
- Dial Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
- Dial Maker: US Naval Foundry
- Dial Date: 1924
- Location:
- Naval Health Clinic, Annapolis 695 Kinkaid Rd. Annapolis, MD 21402 In front of the Naval Health Clinic. Formerly at the flagpole of the US Naval Hospital, Annapolis.
- Description:
- Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Annapolis MD. 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 or quatrefoil cut-out in the center. Below the gnomon is the naval command name, followed by the commissioning date in the southern portion of the hours chapter ring.
- Inscription:
- Lex Dei Vitae Viam Monstrat * Sed Umbra Horam Atque Fidem Docet (God's law shows the way, but the shadow teaches the hour and gives us faith.) South of the gnomon on the dial face: UNITED STATES NAVAL HOSPITAL ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND 1924
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Last Update:
2022-12-11 19:05