Sundials

**sundial**
	device that tells the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky
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Subclass of	astronomical instrument; small monument;
Has use	measurement of time;
Has part(s)	Q16678061; dial;
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Български: Слънчев часовник

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Català: Rellotge de sol

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Čeština: Sluneční hodiny

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Deutsch: Sonnenuhr

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English: Sundial

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Español: Reloj de sol

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Euskara: Eguzki erloju

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Français : Cadran solaire

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Galego: Reloxo de sol

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한국어: 해시계

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Italiano: Meridiana

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עברית: שעון שמש

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Nederlands: Zonnewijzer

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日本語: 日時計

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Polski: Zegar słoneczny

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Português: Relógio de sol

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Русский: Солнечные часы

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Svenska: Solur

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Walon : Cwadran solaire

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中文：日晷

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Photographs[edit]

Equatorial or Equinoctial sundial[edit]

Stadtgarten Karlsruhe, Germany
Cadran Solaire Equatorial France
Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial at Discovery Canyon School in Colorado Springs CO USA
Cubic sundial
Römische Sonnenuhr (Skaphe)
Local suntime 17:30 at Hisoey Church, Arendal, Norway.
Sundial on the Ponte vecchio, Florence, Italy
Roman sundial from Baelo Claudia (Spain), 1st cent. AD.
An equatorial sundial from the socialistic era, Hungarian Geographic Museum
Sonnenuhr in Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany
Sundial in Focke Garten in Bremen
Travellers Sun Dial Front&Back
Sunčani sat, Bribir, Croatia
Group of sundials in Madrid (Spain)
Sundial located in Hotton Belgium.
Precision sundial in Belgium
Globe sundial in Swansea, Wales. The fin that casts the smallest shadow shows the time.
Equatorial Heliochronometer in Tucson by John Carmichael at Sundial Sculptures
Equatorial Sundial in Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Equatorial Sundial in Buenos Aires Zoo
Great Sundial, North of Daicunba, china
Sundial fountain, Erdőkertes
Sundial
Changde, china
Adler Planetarium, Chicago

Horizontal or Garden Sundial[edit]

Essex
Alfriston sundial
Great Seal Sundial
Seacacus Stone Sundial
Neonotology Stone Horizontal Sundial
National Cathedral School Sundial
Shadow, the Dog Sundial
Chapel Hill College of Nursing Sundial
Cala Lily Sundial
Analemmatic Stone Sundial
Time Marks on Stone Sundial
Bronze Sundial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha Nebraska
A living Plant Sundial at Botanical Gardens
A living Plant Sundial at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix AZ
Chinook Trails Monumental Obelisk Sundial
Chinook Trails Monumental Obelisk Sundial
Surprise Crossing Granite Sundial
Sahuarita Monumental Sundial
Flandrau Planetarium Heliochronometer
A closeup of a sundial at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York.
A sundial in Natal, (Brazil).
Frameries (Belgium).
Redu (Belgium).
Sundial detail in the botanical garden of Scandiano (RE-Italy)
Sundial located in a square in Águas de São Pedro (Brazil).
Sundial located in Opheylissem park Belgium.
Portable Brass Sundial by Horus Sundials
Analemmatic Sundial on a meridian line in the gardens of Herkenrode Abbey in Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Horizontal sundial in Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.
Horizontal sundial in Coogee, Sydney, Australia.
Dainbach Sonnenuhr Friedhof
Iceland
dutch
sundial
Anglesey Abbey
Millennium Sun Dial at Maitland Park
Zonnewijzer van Wassenaar
Sydney
car park
Russia
nz

Vertical sundials[edit]

Magnificent and elaborate example of vertical sundial in the convent of Mont Sainte-Odile, Alsace, France
Vertikale Sonnenuhr / Garten-Sonnenuhr
St. Andreas, Niederhummel
Vertical sundial on the Venetian Clock Tower of Preveza, Greece
Painted Wall Sundial in Tucson AZ
Stained Glass Sundial Bay Window in Tucson AZ
Stained Glass table-top Sundial in Oxford University
Porcelain and stained glass sundial wall sconse in Kansas City KS
Porcelain four-sided cupola sundials in Tucson AZ
Arizona Flag Vertical Painted Sundial
Warsaw
Horologium Solarium Catanensium, masterpiece of Salvatore Franco, in the Bishop House of Catania.
Horologium Solarium Catanensium, masterpiece of Salvatore Franco, in the Bishop House of Catania.
Horologium Solarium Catanensium, masterpiece of Salvatore Franco, in the Bishop House of Catania.
Horologium Solarium Catanensium, masterpiece of Salvatore Franco, in the Bishop House of Catania.
Horologium Solarium Catanensium, masterpiece of Salvatore Franco, in the Bishop House of Catania.
Sundial at the "Palais Ducal" in Nevers
"It is always time to do nothing"
Sundial at the monastery of Gurk cathedral
Sundial, Na Václavce 30, Praha, Czechia
Sundial, Na Václavce 30, Praha, Czechia
sundial on the town hall in Pirna
Sundial
Sundial on the "Grote Kerk", Enschede. At noon, it indicates the month.
Havré (Belgium).
Havré (Belgium).
Ath (Belgium).
Strépy-Bracquegnies (Belgium).
Cadran solaire sur le mur de la coopérative agricole de Mirepoix
Čeština: Usedlost Cibulka, Praha-Košíře
Čeština: Sloup v Čechách
Sunčani sat, Krk, Croatia
Sundial located in Redu Belgium.
Sundial located in Waulsort Belgium.
Sundial in Ramat Handiv gardens near Zichron Yaakov, Israel.
Rose gardens with sundial in Ramat Handiv gardens near Zichron Yaakov, Israel.
abbey of Rolduc in Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Digital sundial at the Sundial Park in Genk in Flanders (Belgium)
Cylindrical vertical sundial made of opal glass. A little sphere on the top surface produces a shadow on the inner surface of the cylinder that can be seen on the outer surface. Humbeek (Grimbergen) in Flanders (Belgium).
Vertical sundial at the Castle of Good Cape, Cape Town. Note that unlike northern hemisphere vertical sundials, numbers on this sundial increase in clockwise order.
Žiča
Greece
Basque
Swiss
Germany
Reghin
London
Gdansk
Cadran solaire sur l'église Notre-Dame de Roscoff.

Reclining sundials[edit]

English: A South reclining sundial
Português: Um relógio solar de reclinação Sul
Recife, @ LAT 8°03’8,5”S LON 34°58’28,8”W.
Polar Stone Sundial
Heliochronometer

Drawings and graphs[edit]

English: the equation of time
Čeština: časová rovnice

Other[edit]

Römische Sonnenuhr (Skaphe)
Czech
A sundial dated 1586 in Ilminster, Somerset
Vertikale Sonnenuhr / Garten-Sonnenuhr
La meridiana all'interno della Basilica di S. Petronio in Bologna (Italia)
Sundial in Nikolaiviertel, Berlin
Sundial in Krivoklat castle, Czech Republic
Analemmatic sundial and horizontal sundial in Cadriano (Bologna, Italy)
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (SkyDreamMW)
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India (SkyDreamMW)
Vrihat Samrat Yantra, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India (SkyDreamMW)
Meridiana sulla spiaggia di Cattolica, Italia
Sundial Piazzale Brescia Milano
Sundial on a building in the city of Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Air India Flight 182 Memorial, Toronto
Grossa meridiana a Mentone, Francia.
Meridiana con analemmi alla stazione ferroviaria di Re (VB),Italia.
Piazza della Meridiana a Genova, Italia.
Statua con meridiana senza quadrante all'angolo della basilica di san Lorenzo a Genova, Italia.
Baroque sundial at Kloster Schöntal, Germany, 1700
Meridiana sulla spiaggia di Cattolica, Italia
Sundial at Novate Milanese (Lombardia, Italy)
Ivory Portable Sundial dated 1524 - Poldi Pezzoli Museum (Milan)
Glenridge Quarry, St. Catharines, Ontario
Sundial in Kitchener, Ontario
Sundial in the Halifax Public Gardens
Sundial in the vineyard on the Limburg, Germany
Baroque sundial at Kloster Schöntal, Germany, 1707
Sonnenuhr im „Park an der Mühle“ in Wyk auf Föhr
Sundial in the ‘Park an der Mühle’ in Wyk auf Föhr
Sonnenuhr an der Grundschule in Deidesheim
Sundial at the primary school in Deidesheim
Garden sundial in Staphorst, Overijssel
Solur, Hasle Kirke, Bornholm
Sundial at Trendelburg town hall, Germany
Timber framing and sundial in Tübingen, Germany
Sundial at the Luitpold school in Bamberg
Memorial sundial at Manito Park Spokane Washington state
Sundial Hofburg Vienna Austria
Sundial at the wall of Carmelite cloister in Bamberg
Doppelte Sonnenuhr in Styria
Sundial in Talmont sur Gironde, Charente-Maritime, (France).
Sundial at the castle of Bicqueley in Lorraine (France).
Noon mark in the street Gambetta in Nancy (France).
Noon mark at place Stanislas in Nancy (France).
Aufgenommen in Rödlitz bei Lichtenstein in Sachsen.
Skulptur mit Sonnenuhr im Kurpark Bad Schlema in Sachsen.
Ancient Sundial at four sided portico of Collegiata Church (Arona, Maggiore Lake, Italy)
Sundial at canonica of San Giusto Church (loc. Montrigiasco, Novara, Italy)
Sundial of San Giusto Church at Montrigiasco (Arona, Italy)
Ältestes Gebäude der Gemeinde Oybin in Sachsen. 1720. Hauptstrasse 8.
Rathaus Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis - Sachsen.
Sonnenuhr an der protestantischen Pfarrkirche in Leinsweiler, Pfälzerwald
Sundial Ibirapuera Park - Brazil
Frombork, Poland, next to cathedral, where Copernicus lived and died
Thus time flies by; sundial at Sint Dimpna church in Geel Belgium
Sundial morning 2017
Sundial and windows in Piazza Municipio, Ferrara, Italy
Sundial in Piazza Municipio, Ferrara, Italy
Cadran solaire de l'hôtel de Montmor, Paris, IIIe arrondissement.
Sundial in Pella Iowa's Central Park
Sundial in the gardens of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England
Sonnenuhr an einer Hauswand in Kallstadt, Pfalz
Sonnenuhr in der Löffelgasse in Speyer
A Sundial on a Pillar, located at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Secret Gardens of Villa Borghese, the sundial with the four winds (1688), Rome. It indicated the Italian and French hours, the day of the year at noon.
Sundial on a side facade of the Fairy House in the Coppedè Quarter, Rome
Sundial, jardin de la astronomia Valencia
Middelburg, stadhuis
Middelburg, Stadsschuur
cadran solaire de l'hôtel de Pontbriand à Dinan. France
Sundial in Suzdal, Russia
Sundial on a facade of the Patrizi Palace in Castel Giuliano, Bracciano, Italy
Sundial at Bückeburg castle
Sundial at Beijing Old Observatory in China
Sundial at Beijing's Old Observatory in China
Sundial at the top of the town hall in Ghent Belgium
Sundial in Geel Belgium
Half of the Samrat Yantra ("supreme instrument"), an enormous marble sundial at the heart of the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Observatory, India
Horizontal sundial, San Piero in Campo, Isle of Elba, Italy
Frog-shaped sundial, San Piero in Campo, Isle of Elba, Italy.
The upper eye indicates the hours from sunrise, the lower eye the hours to sunset.
Cube-shaped multiface sundial, San Piero in Campo, Isle of Elba, Italy
"Toronto Time" sundial at University of Toronto
Sundial on Windsor Castle
sun dial at acharya bihar bhubaneswar
This sun dial is in very worst condition at pathani samanta planetarium-Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Sundial at the front of the entrance of Governor's Palace in Parma, Italy
This sun dial situated at pathani samanta planetarium-Bhubaneswar,Odisha
Sundial Bridge - Redding, California
Sundial Bridge in California
botanic garden in Bamberg
Sundial in Einbeck made in 1467
Sundial on the facade of the Farnese Palace, Caprarola, Italy
This building is better known as Big Bazaar building at Esplanade.
Calibrating a sundial
Kirche St. Johann Schaffhausen.
Toruń University
Sundial, St-Malo, France
Sundial, St Peter's Church, Lowick, Northamptonshire
Martinitoren, Groningen
Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
Astronomical clock, Prague, Czech Republic