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Buffalo Valley |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1013 |
| This monumental size sundial is called "Marking Time: and spreads over an area 100 x 50 feet (30 x 15 m). The gnomon is a 12 foot (3.6 m) tall welded stainless steel structure. The last several feet of the gnomon is a thin metal bar ending in a sharp point. Multiple time markers are arranged in hour lines from 6am to 6pm. These marks have the name... |
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Chattanooga |
Tennessee |
USA |
Obelisk or Vertical Gnomon |
670 |
| An 18 foot diameter horizontal dial of concrete and pebble with a cast bronze figure of a boy with outstretched arm, the 8 foot high finger tip of which serves as a point-in-space gnomon. The dial face includes hour marks and declination lines. An open book plaque on the bronze statue base gives instructions.
Substantial surrounding building clu... |
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Collegedale |
Tennessee |
USA |
Cylindrical Dial |
113 |
| ca 6'cylindrical segment, about 3' high Stainless steel Large equatorial, corrected for longitude. Nodus is a hole on a horizontal gnomon rod running E/W across face. Can compensate for DST by shifting dial via bolts/slots in base. Solstice lines run along top/bottom edge of cylinder. Built by Fabricators Inc., Chattanooga TN |
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Hermitage |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1055 |
| The gnomon consists of two complete horizontal stabilizer wings from a Boeing 727 jet, arranged in a sculpture called "Clear for Landing". The dial is 72 feet (22m) in diameter. The hour markers are Roman numerals in granite stone blocks. The hour lines were laid out using a scale model mounted on a heliodon and set for the summer solstice. The... |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
425 |
| A 6 x 7 foot vertical dial declining 16.4 deg east of south. The dial of limestone is integral to the building with a near square face, engraved lines and a small triangular gnomon. Hour marks are from 6am to 4pm, labeled between long hour lines. Solar declination lines are shown as dotted lines for the zodiac, including solstices and equinox. ... |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
766 |
| A 16 x 12 foot analemmatic dial placed in the Experience Center of the 200 acre Ellington Agricultural Center. Dial is built of paver stones flush to the surroundings with painted inset circular hour marker paver stones and rectangular paver stones for the central date line. Directions for use are painted on the date line. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Polyhedral Dial |
1051 |
| The dial is overgrown with lichen and stained with dirt. Underneath this rather shabby exterior is a fine polyhedral sundial with ten hemispherical dials arranged in a dodecahedron. Each dial is 8-in (20cm) in diameter fitted with a quarter-inch thick bronze gnomon. The gnomons are set in a common direction for the North Celestial Pole of approxi... |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1052 |
| A hexagonal shaped brass dial 9.5 inches (24cm) . Gnomon appears set for 34 deg and is bent to one side. The dial plate is marked in 15 minute intervals with Roman numeral hour marks. The dial is heavily corroded. Dial sets on cylindrical limestone pedestal with a hexagonal cornice top. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1053 |
| A brass armillary sphere 3.5 feet (1.1m) in diameter with plates holding Roman numerals for each hour from 6am to 6pm. The outside of the equatorial band contains frieze symbols of the zodiac. The dial rests on a globe of stars. Limestone and cement plinth. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1057 |
| Bronze 14 inch (36cm) horizontal dial. Arabic numerals mark hours with half and quarter hour marks. A simple solid triangular gnomon, set to 35 deg. On the pedestal there is a hand with a pointing finger, showing the way to the grave site of James Robertson and Dr. Felix Robertson, his son. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1058 |
| Bronze horizontal dial, 14" (36 cm) diameter. Plain gnomon with hole in it, set to 37 deg. Hour lines with half and quarter hour marks. Arabic numbers mark the hours from 5Am to 7PM. Dial was originally erected in Centennial Park to commemorate one of Nashville's founders. Later moved to his grave site. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1059 |
| 30 inch (76cm) black iron armillary sphere. Roman numerals mark the hours. Gnomon is a classic rod and arrow motif. Sits on a brick pedestal. |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1069 |
| This armillary sphere is based on a Chinese design with an equatorial ring containing Arabic hour marks but the meridian ring exists only below a longitudinal ring set to the dial's latitude. The dial presents Tennessee's identity and is dedicated to the school children of Tennessee. 4 copper columns support the dial, honoring the Greek and Roman t... |
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Nashville |
Tennessee |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
853 |
| The equatorial dial made of aluminum operates on a unique principle. The equatorial time ring is allowed to rotate. Fixed to it on the upper ring section is a small hole that shines to the ring below. On the lower ring section is a plate with an engraved analemma, extending +/- 23.44 deg from the equator. The whole assembly is rotated until the ... |
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Oak Ridge |
Tennessee |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1134 |
| This vertical dial is set on an 11-foot (3.4m) stand very near the front wall of the Museum. The 18-inch (46cm) dial face is eye-catching with a portrait of Albert Einstein hand engraved into stainless steel. The Equation of Time curve is used symbolically as a wave of light that in dual nature becomes a particle to create the photoelectric effect... |
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