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Spokane |
Washington |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1074 |
| The stone dial is approximately 24 inches (61 cm) in diameter with a large brass gnomon whose foot is considerably offset to the south. Simple hour lines with Arabic numbers from 7am to 5pm facing outward. The dial is approximately 2 inches (5 cm) thick with a band for inscription directly below. All this sits on a 12-sided pedestal of slightly ... |
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Lombard |
Illinois |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1075 |
| Classic black cast iron sundial 9.5 inches (24 cm) in diameter. Chapter ring with Roman numerals 5am - 7pm. Delineated with notches every fifteen minutes. Cast iron gnomon with bird interior, painted as brass. No noon gap for the half-inch (1.25 cm) thick gnomon. The original red oak wood pedestal was rebuilt in the summer of 2022. For added dur... |
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Mare Island |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1076 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Mare Island. Cast bronze, 18 inch (46 cm) diameter circular face, mounted on a cement pedestal 40 inches tall. Only three Farenholt sundials are known to have Spanish mottos: Mare Island is one of them. (Sunnyvale, CA and Hawthorne, NV are the others). We notice other difference from the classic Farenholt ... |
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Newport |
Rhode Island |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1077 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Newport Rhode Island. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring w... |
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Bremerton |
Washington |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1078 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Puget Sound Washington. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring... |
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San Diego |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1079 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital San Diego California. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring w... |
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Hawthorne |
Nevada |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1080 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne Nevada. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ri... |
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Sunnyvale |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1081 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Air Station Sunnyvale CA. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring with A... |
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Portsmouth |
New Hampshire |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1082 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Portsmouth New Hampshire. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ri... |
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Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1083 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Corpus Christi Texas. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring w... |
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Ann Arbor |
Michigan |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1084 |
| This is a large monumental scale horizontal sundial. The gnomon, approximately 15-ft (4.5m) high has a brass patina and made using polygonal segments assembled almost in jigsaw puzzle style to form a large triangle. The gnomon sits at the north end of a large 30-ft (9.1m) brick plaza, wasting the area of the plaza except for a large imbedded bras... |
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Ann Arbor |
Michigan |
USA |
Cylindrical Dial |
1085 |
| The dial is inscribed on a 20-ft (6m) diameter stairwell creating a very large cylindrical altitude sundial. The nodus is the center of the skylight directly above the circular stair well. Hours are marked at the top of the dial in Arabic numerals. Hour lines are a series of dots extending down the wall. A display near the dial explains how it ... |
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Ypsilanti |
Michigan |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1086 |
| This is the original horizontal dial and gnomon of 1909, cast in iron as a gift from the Class of 1908 (then known as the Michigan State Normal School ). This sundial was originally located on the west side of the sidewalk coming from the main south entrance of Serzer Observatory on the Eastern Michigan University campus, now the location of the EM... |
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Ann Arbor |
Michigan |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1087 |
| This horizontal brass dial is 16-inch (40.6cm) in diameter. A chapter ring holds hours marks in Roman numerals from 4am to 8pm, and includes 10 minute marks at the outer edge of the ring. The dial is plain with no inscription. The gnomon is broken off at the face of the dial. The dial is a placed on an irregular stone mount with two concrete blo... |
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Ann Arbor |
Michigan |
USA |
Noon Mark or Meridian Dial |
1088 |
| Dial is a calendar dial that marks noon on the solstices and equinoxes by projecting a circle of sunlight onto one of three horizontal discs on the meridian line dial face. To create the round sunlight spots the vertical arm has three elliptical holes to match the solar angles for the two solstices and the equinox. The disk closest to the gnomon ... |
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Addison |
Texas |
USA |
Sun Alignment |
1089 |
| This is a sun alignment arch about 23 feet (7m) high and 650 feet (20m) in length and 5 foot (1.5m) wide, It is made of Corten steel, a metal whose surface oxidizes quickly, leaving a rusty chocolate color that provides a textured surface. The archAt the top of the arch are keystone wedges that funnel sunlight on the equinox at local solar noon o... |
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Honolulu |
Hawaii |
USA |
Sun Alignment |
1090 |
| "Sky Gate" is a huge 24 foot (7.3m) undulating sculpture of black metal is known as one of Honolulu's most distinctive pieces of public art. There is a hidden astronomical alignment. On zenith days (~28 May and ~18 July) when the sun is directly overhead at the zenith at the moment of local solar noon, the shadow of the sculpture forms a perfect,... |
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Jersey City |
New Jersey |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1091 |
| The equatorial sundial is a classic "bow string" sundial using a thin rod with a nodus to tell both time and date. The nodus is a small disk with a hole in the center to let a beam of sunlight fall near the noon hour line on the equatorial ring. The equatorial ring (a semi-circle) as the rest of the dial is stainless steel, The dial is 12 feet (4m... |
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Georgetown |
Texas |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1092 |
| A brilliant equatorial dial, constructed of stainless steel, aluminum, and gold-plated brass. Scales for local apparent time, Central Standard time, and Central Daylight time where the Equation of Time on a plaque fixed to the meridian circle. Dial mounting incorporates a unique gimbal to allow precise adjustment of N-S alignment and a meridian ri... |
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Oxford |
Michigan |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1093 |
| This is an armillary of unusual construction, mostly of nicely prepared wood. The base has three legs set out at 120°, holding horizon ring approximately 1m (39 inches) in diameter. An adjustable meridian ring for any latitude holds a brass polar axis rod and a cylinder for reading various time scales. The horizon ring has azimuths marked at eve... |
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Southampton |
Ontario |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
1094 |
| A simple horizontal dial marked with solar hours, unusual in having a reflective chrome coating of the entire dial (in some spots the chrome has flaked off where the underlying material has started to rust). The gnomon is a triangular vane with a pattern of round holes pierced though it. The dial face is approximately 20" (50cm) square and wraps do... |
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Woodland |
California |
USA |
Polar Dial |
1095 |
| It is a polar dial using a rod gnomon. Using a template from Shadows software, the dial is made of handmade ceramic tiles mounted on an aluminum bar frame anchored to a concrete base. Brass borders define winter and summer solstice declination lines, and an aluminum bar defines the E-W equinox declination. Copper analemmas define the sun’s annual... |
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Ann Arbor |
Michigan |
USA |
Noon Mark or Meridian Dial |
1096 |
| Dial is a calendar dial that marks noon on the solstices and equinoxes by projecting a circle of sunlight onto one of three horizontal discs on the meridian line dial face. To create the round sunlight spots the vertical arm has three elliptical holes to match the solar angles for the two solstices and the equinox. The disk closest to the gnomon (w... |
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Dedham |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1097 |
| This is one of John Garret Thew's mass produced "digital sundials" patented on April 5, 1960. The dial casts a numeral onto the dial's central plate that accommodates beams of sunlight and shadow from winter to summer solstice. The numerals (corrected for the hour angle distortion) slowly move across the dial's plate and the hour is read at the m... |
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Pella |
Iowa |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1098 |
| An elegant armillary sphere approximately 8 ft (2.5m) tall. Painted black with gold Roman numerals for the hour marks. On the outside of the equatorial ring at each hour are embossed zodiac figures The gnomon is a traditional arrow with gold tip and feather. The dial has traditional arctic and antarctic rings. |
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Vancouver |
British Columbia |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
1099 |
| This is intended to be a horizontal sundial, but positioned poorly and viewed by nearly no one.. The chapter ring is marked out in Roman numerals running from V (am) to IV (pm) on a large semi-circular arc of open metalwork supported by a trellis structure. It is very large, about 40 meters across. The gnomon is a separate structure and is not posi... |
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Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
1100 |
| A bronze horizontal dial 36cm (14 in) in diameter with chapter ring of Roman numeral hours from V (am) to VII (pm). Hours are delineated in quarter hours and extend from 4am to 8pm (unmarked). Noon is designated by an "O". Gnomon has the inset profile of a bird. At south is father time with a scythe. The conglomerate pedestal is slowly disint... |
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Carbondale |
Colorado |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1101 |
| This equatorial is of hammered wrought iron about 2m (6 ft) in diameter with fluted ends on both the equatorial and meridian arcs. Time is shown from 4am to 8pm with small brass hour marks engraved with Roman numerals. Time is offset for the longitude correction. Brass cardinal directions are set into the iron based |
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Westerville |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1102 |
| This horizontal dial is of weathered concrete, about 38cm (15 inches) in diameter. Roman numerals mark the hours from 5am to 7pm. A large bronze gnomon with foot in the center of the round dial casts the shadow. The north edge of the gnomon is shaped into a face. The garden includes a traditional knot garden, a water feature, and a unique sundia... |
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Salem |
Oregon |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1103 |
| This vertical declining sundial is form with small squares of tile, showing the hours within a dark grey circle of tiles. The hours are marked by long orange-tile hour lines while the half-hours are marked by two dark grey tiles. A secondary circle of light grey adorns the wall, showing the length of the shadows and making the dial aesthetically p... |
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Naples |
Florida |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1104 |
| A whimsical equatorial dial set on a pole. The solid dial face has a drawing of canoeists opposite an alligator with its mouth open and.above them is a smiling sun wearing sunglasses. Time on the summer side is from 6:30am to 7:30pm while on the winter side, time is delineated from 7am to 7pm.(but still using daylight saving time). Both sides ha... |
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Laie |
Hawaii |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1105 |
| To accommodate Hawaii's low latitude, this is a reclining sundial more than a meter (3 feet) in diameter and stands over 2 meters (6 feet) tall. It is carved from a dark, igneous stone with a bronze conical gnomon and set on bronze legs. The sundial includes a separate, stone-carved legend that includes an explanation of how to correct the gnomon... |
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Ottawa |
Ontario |
Canada |
Vertical Dial |
1106 |
| A 1.2m (47 in) wide by 0.7m (28 in) high vertical sundial that declines 5 degrees to the west of south. Hour lines are longitude-corrected. The dial face was laser cut from a large 3mm (1/8 in) thick plate of steel and powder coated with white paint. The cut-out pieces of the steel sheet were beautifully assembled together and mounted near the fro... |
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Early |
Texas |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1107 |
| This is a monumental sundial with a gnomon is 52 feet (16m) long and 24 feet (7.3m) tall at the point. Tall concrete pillars mark the hours from 7am to 5pm in an offset circle 60 feet (18m) in diameter. The 7:00am/5:00pm pillars are 7 feet (2.1m) tall, and stair-step in height 1 foot (0.3m) for each hour until the noon pillar at 12 feet (4m) tall... |
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Rockville |
Maryland |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1108 |
| One of Bill Gottesman's unique-design Renaissance dials of cast and structural bronze with a 27 inch diameter helix with a celestial-north aligned axis. Time is told by a focused beam of light that moves around the helix throughout the day. The light beam is reflected from a long cylindrical unsilvered mirror in a structure that supports the helix.... |
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Hamilton |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1109 |
| This is one of a series of bronze sundials presented by Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, dedicated to the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic. The dial is 24 inches in diameter, with an ornate design of ovals at the exterior, sloping down to 30 inches in diameter. Hours are marked from 5am to 7pm in Roman numerals with time marked... |
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Georgetown |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1110 |
| This is a large commercial bronze horizontal dial set at ground level on a circular concrete pad. The dial is embossed with Roman hours in a chapter ring and delineated for quarter hours. The inscription circles the dial in an outer rim. The gnomon is standard with a bird beneath the style. However the gnomon is set about 2 inches (5cm) north o... |
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Ogunquit |
Maine |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1111 |
| This is an elegant commercially made bronze horizontal dial about 18-inch (.46 cm) in diameter. The Chapter Ring has hours from 5am to 7pm, divided in quarter hours. Hours are marked in Roman Numerals from VI to VI. A bird sits profile in the gnomon, filling the space beneath the style. The gnomon foot is accurately placed to a line between VI-... |
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Clarksville |
Indiana |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1112 |
| This is a round,George marble sundial 48-inches (122cm) in diameter with a plain triangular gnomon. The chapter ring has Roman hours etched from 5am to 7pm, delineated in quarter hours. The dial sits 8-inches (20cm) above a 60-inch (152cm) wide concrete base. Official town records show that this dial was donated to the town of Clarksville to comme... |
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Union City |
New Jersey |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1113 |
| This beautiful sundial is 4 feet (122cm) sundial and made from two layers of 1.25 inch (3.1cm) thick hardened marble. Arabic hour numbers from 6am to 6pm, letters, and gnomon are 1/4 inch (6.35mm) brushed gold anodized aluminum. The gnomon is shaped as a slanting "P" and to the south of the dial center, the name "Pellarin". The dial sits on a 3-f... |
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Great Falls |
Virginia |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1114 |
| This octagonal horizontal sundial measures 15 inches (380mm). It is made of bronze and given a brown patina with burnished letters, numbers and artwork. The dial has a chapter ring with Roman hours from V to VII delineated on the inner ring by half hours and the outer ring by quarter hours. It has a gnomon gap to accommodate the shadow of a 1/2 ... |
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Houston |
Texas |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1115 |
| In the Sharp Family plot is a lovely statute titled Roses of Yesterday of a lady holding wilted roses in one arm and a sundial in the other. The dial itself is circular, approximately 12 inches (30.5cm) in diameter. The hour marks in a narrow chapter ring are Roman Vi to VI, divided into quarter hours. The original gnomon was set to the 6-6 line... |
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Waynesville |
North Carolina |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1116 |
| This is a large horizontal sundial 5-feet (1.5m) in diameter with a twist. The dial is made of aluminum and set on a circular concrete dais several inches above ground level. Hour lines of thin aluminum rods extend from 9am to 3pm using Roman numerals. The gnomon is a braced aluminum rod that creates a sleek, modern looking sundial. But the twis... |
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Manchester |
California |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
1117 |
| This is a double equatorial sundial of stainless steel (slightly burnished to show the shadow without reflections). Each cylinder is approximately 16 inches (40cm) in diameter. with hour lines drawn as analemmas (June to Dec and Dec to June). The gnomon are two pointed steel rods, reading the time and date at the shadow tip. Declination lines are... |
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Casper |
Wyoming |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1118 |
| This monumental horizontal dial sculpture, "The Confluence of Space and Time", stands 30 feet (9m) tall with giant hour markers from 10am to 2pm. It features interactive features of a windmill in its interior and illumination by lights through the broken glass panels. The sundial is constructed of stainless steel, stainless steel Mesh, 6,800 lbs 3... |
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Georgetown |
District of Columbia |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
1119 |
| This is a simple bronze armillary, known as the Rittenhouse Armillary, and is about 2 feet (0.6m) in diameter consisting of a meridian ring, equatorial ring, and zodiac ring aligned with the polar axis. The gnomon is a traditional arrow rod casting its shadow telling local solar time using Roman numerals. Friends of Montrose Park relate its histor... |
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Wethersfield |
Connecticut |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
1120 |
| A rectangular vertical sundial, 31 x 45 inches (0.8x1.1m), made of Vermont slate. Engraved with Roman hours from 6am-6pm and hour lines with delineation in quarter hours. The lines and letter engravings are painted black. The gnomon is a brass rod, suspended slightly off the noon line with an elegant "S" brass support. The date engraved on the di... |
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Springfield |
Illinois |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1121 |
| This is a classic Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) sundial. It is a bronze, horizontal sundial approximately 24 inches (61cm) in diameter, with an ornate design of ovals at the exterior, sloping down to 30 inches in diameter. Hours are marked from 5am to 7pm in Roman numerals. Time is marked in quarter hours. The gnomon is solid with a simple und... |
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Sequim |
Washington |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
1122 |
| 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... |
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Newington |
Connecticut |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
1123 |
| This is an analemmatic sundial designed by a team of four eighth grade students in 2017. This was a project that incorporated four classes: Geometry, 8th Grade Science unit on Solar System, Aerospace Science unit on air navigation, and Engineering Design. The 8th grade class was split into six teams of about four students each in a competition for ... |
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