Sundial 482
- Dial City: Palo Alto
- Dial State/Province: California
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 37° 25.669' N
- Dial Nr: 482
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 122° 10.432' W
- Dial Owner: Stanford University
- Dial Designer: Prof. Ronald N. Bracewell
- Dial Maker: Mark C. Bracewell
- Dial Date: 1995
- Location:
- Stanford University South wall of Jen-Hsun Engineering Center
- Description:
- A vertical declining dial approximately 45 x 55 inches. Made of aluminum and brass. Shows the hours from 8 am to 5 pm using analemmas. Analemmas are bounded by the summer and winter solstices and a straight line through them shows the equinox. Daylight time is shown using Roman numerals, with standard time shown in Arabic. In keeping with the motto, a simple equation is written on the dial face, d/dt is not equal 0. Designer Ronald Bracewell used an oculus, a disk with a central hole, standing 8 cm in front of the dial face. The disk casts a shadow with a bright sunlight dot to indicate both time and season. Hour lines include longitude correction. This has been relocated; it was previously hanging free below a south facing wall, facing the Terman Engineering Building. Dial is now located on the wall of a covered walkway area.
- Inscription:
- "Caelum Srutando Leges Motus Didicimus" (We learnt the laws of motion by studying the heavens)
Last Update:
6/15/2013 15:08