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Civil = Sundial + EoT + dLon

where dLon is 4 x nr degrees West of the Time Zone

 
 

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Sundial   510

  • Dial City:    Englewood
  • Dial State/Province:    Colorado
  • Dial Country:    USA
  • Lat:  39° 37.777' N
  • Dial Nr:    510
  • Dial Type:    Equatorial Dial
  • Dial Access:    Public
  • Lon:  104° 52.860' W
  • Dial Owner:   
  • Dial Designer:   
  • Dial Maker:    Erickson Monument
  • Dial Date:    May-77
  • Location:
  • Cherry Creek High School
  • Description:
  • The Archie Lynn Chase Sundial is an equatorial polar dial. Unlike other monumental polar dials (designed by Erickson Monument Co), the dial face is more of a rounded square than a circular disk. Hours, half hours, quarter hours and five minute lines mark the time from 4am to 8pm. The hour lines are rotated for the site latitude. A steel gnomon rod about 3 inches in diameter casts the shadow. Has a plaque describing the Equation of Time.
  • Inscription:
  • On the dial face, "To everything there is a season, and it is for every purpose under the sun" and on the dial back "Archie Lynn Chase Sundial I count only the sunny hours"
    Other References:
  • Other Erickson Polar Equatorial Dials:
  • 24, 81, 172, 194, 224, 415, 446, 447, 495, 5140, 511
Last Update: 2020-07-14 18:39