Sundial 497
- Dial City: Albany
- Dial State/Province: New York
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 39.107' N
- Dial Nr: 497
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 73° 45.308' W
- Dial Owner: City of Albany
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker: Haight & Clark, Albany NY
- Dial Date: 22 July, 1897
- Location:
- Albany City Hall Carillon Tower, corner of Eagle St. and Corning Place
- Description:
- A beautiful and well preserved vertical dial 40 x 40 inches. The sundial is on the southerly facing wall of Albany City Hall's 202 foot carillon tower, a building on the National Historic Register. The dial is marked with lines every 15 minutes; the hour lines are marked in roman numerals extending from XII in the morning to XII at night. Although the dial is in excellent condition, the gnomon is slightly bent. There is a small "signature" on the lower boarder of the brass plate, "Haight and Clark, Albany NY". Side note: The tower houses the first municipal carillon in the US (1927).
- Inscription:
- Dial is inscribed, "Renew theyself each day. The finial of the tower of this city hall is in latitude 43 deg 39min 06.4sec, longitude 73 deg 45min 18.5sec or 4H 55M 01.2S. The standard time for the seventy fifth meridian is 4 minutes 58.8 seconds slower than Albany Local Time. The brass line on the sidewalk is a true astronomical meridian."
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