Horological Meandering

One of man’s early methods of marking the passage of time. The actual science of sundials is complex, and there is quite a good Wikipedia entry on the topic. I would be interested to see some of the sundials you have seen or own. Andrew ScienceWorks, Melb...  

Not good at night....  

Great image. Thanks Snak! Andrew

Keeps to COSC specs ;-)...  

That's a nice watch there!

Andrew, Do a google search on "Digital Sundials"... the site has good information on how they work. Amazing things...

From a paper on analemmatics, linked below: In Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA, not far from Philadelphia, there is a 1050 acre horticultural park, Longwood Gardens. The park is on the former country estate of Pierre S. duPont (1870-1954). The park’s las...  

for some reason it won't hotlink properly... www.longwoodgardens.org

I've got one of the Nomos ones I know I have some pictures of integrated-into-building sundials somewhere, I'll dig up later A...  

Hi All, Sundials were one of the first time-tellers to captivate my interest in horology. As a child, I often put a stake in the ground and marked where the shadow was, as the hours fell. I learned this art from a Phantom Comic book I read at the age of s...  

Very nice post and lovely to hear of your long experience with sundials. You achieve greater accuracy than I expected. Reliability and longevity is unlikely to be an issue with Sol around for the next couple of billion years. Andrew

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