Sundial 1122
- Dial City: Sequim
- Dial State/Province: Washington
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 48° 4.758' N
- Dial Nr: 1122
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 123° 5.892' W
- Dial Owner: Sequim Prairie Garden Club
- Dial Designer: Joe LaCour
- Dial Maker: Joe LaCour
- Dial Date: Dedicated April 19, 2025
- Location:
- Pioneer Memorial Park 387 East Washington Street Sequim, WA 98382 Dial is in the Sundial Garden
- Description:
- This dial began as a Thewes Sundial with an equatorial arc with cut out hour numbers that illuminate a central plate. This original dial went missing in the 1970's.. But when the new stainless steel sundial with a 150mm radius equatorial arc was finished, it took the Thewes concept into the 21st Century. The equatorial arc not only has the hourly Arabic numbers, but has a row of finely cut marks every five minutes with very easily distinguishing shapes to see the hour, half, and quarter hour indicators. And rather than a central plate tilted to the site's latitude, this dial has a plate that rotates on the polar axis set at the center of the equatorial arc. The plate is engraved with an analemma adorned with month marks. The engraved position and scale of the analemma is exactly matched to the yearly north-south excursion of sun illuminating 5-minute time marks. The visitor turns the plate toward the oncoming sunlight and reads the time using the 5 minute cut mark closest to the analemma (using the month indications to choose which side of the analemma to use).. Elegant and precise.
- Inscription:
- Let others tell of storms & showers I'll only tell your sunny hours In memory of John and Jean Govan Presented by the Grandchildren Dedicated April 19, 2025
- Dial References:
Garden Club Dedication at Pioneer Park _ Sequim Gazette.pdf
Last Update:
2025-04-17 13:25