![]() This dial was fabricated of Muntz metal bronze that received a hot applied green patina to compliment the brown sandstone color of this 1916 university observatory. bronze, vertical sundial faces directly south on the curved sandstone wall of the Observatory. Unfortunately the southern portion of the rod is missing. At the noon-equinox point of the dial face a perpendicular pole rises to the centerline of the cylinder and supports a N-S gnomon rod. The 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall half cylinder is engraved with both hour and declination lines. For its age, it is in remarkably good condition. high.Ī bronze equatorial dial presented to the college as a gift from the class of 1889. Carved stone with ten dials on a dodecahedral, some sunken, some planar. The dial was originally located at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex, England. This is an 18th century polyhedral dial (dodecahedron). Gift from the Millennium Committee to the city of Greenwich Dial site will be the first stop on the Bruce Museum school tour route. Dial is adjacent to a pair of bronzed driftwood horse sculptures (full size). On the ground are two marble cubes with didactic bronze plates. Only the first and last stone are marked with a time arrow. The 14 other hour stones are sculpted marble, each about 3 ft x 5 ft, abstractly depicting the progress of mankind's social progress across time. The noon stone is a flat marble slab 5 ft x 8 ft with a center score line. The striking gnomon is a bronze tapered spike 8 in. Dial designed by Shope Reno Wharton Associates and built by sculptor Mark Mennin of Bethlehem, CT. diameter and uses 15 hour stones to mark the time. In 1935 the stone was set up in the Hartland Cemetery, casting its noon day shadow onto a flat stone with an engraved meridian line. The stone was moved by Taggart's granddaughter Polly Taggart Church to Harland, CT, where she lived following her marriage. This upright stone was originally a noon marker at Nathaniel Taggart's inn in colonial North Blandford, MA. Bolster couldn't find dials to collect so he made his own collection." The face of the stone is cut at approximately 41 degrees to match the site latitude, inspired by a design from Robert Adzema "The Great Sundial Cutout Book". The dial is 7 x 6 x 6 feet made of Stony Creek granite and stainless steel, weighing 13,000 pounds. This large equatorial dial was created as part of a community effort to establish a Natural Habitat park for the town of Branford. All three gnomons are missing A similar CIGNA cube dial is in Los Angeles, Union Square. Three vertical dials carved into the east, south and west sides. Vertical dial on an eight ton granite cube, 4 foot (1,2m) on a side. Click on any dial thumbnail picture or city name to display the full dial description with additional information and images. This is a selected listing of sundials in the North American Sundial Society Registry. ![]()
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