Sundial 312
- Dial City: Worcester
- Dial State/Province: Massachusetts
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 16.466' N
- Dial Nr: 312
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 71° 48.431' W
- Dial Owner: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Dial Designer: Victor E. Edwards
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1883
- Location:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Freeman Plaza, off West Street
- Description:
- A Victor E. Edwards bronze equatorial sundial. It has an unusual crescent shaped arm with notch at the upper end. The arm is rotated until sunlight through the notch strikes an analemma on the lower inner curve of the crescent. Time is then read on a circular dial from an "hour hand" pointer extending from the base of the crescent.
- Other References:
- IAPS Listing, May 95
- Artwork in our Parks; An Inventory of Public Memorials, Palemla E. Beall, Worcester MA, City of Worcester, 1986
- NASS Compendium, Vol. 5, No. 4 - Dec 1998.
- Other similar dials by Victor E. Edwards are registered in Santa Barbara, California (Dial 232) and Bloomfield, Illinois (Dial 770)..
Last Update:
2021-07-05 15:26