Sundials
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Photographs[edit]
Equatorial or Equinoctial sundial[edit]
Local suntime 17:30 at Hisoey Church, Arendal, Norway.
Roman sundial from Baelo Claudia (Spain), 1st cent. AD.
Sonnenuhr in Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany
Sundial in Focke Garten in Bremen
Equatorial Sundial in Buenos Aires Zoo
Horizontal or Garden Sundial[edit]
A closeup of a sundial at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York.
Sundial located in a square in Águas de São Pedro (Brazil).
Sundial located in Opheylissem park Belgium.
Analemmatic Sundial on a meridian line in the gardens of Herkenrode Abbey in Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Vertical sundials[edit]
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 monastery of Gurk cathedral
Sundial, Na Václavce 30, Praha, Czechia
Sundial, Na Václavce 30, Praha, Czechia
sundial on the town hall in Pirna
Sundial on the "Grote Kerk", Enschede. At noon, it indicates the month.
Cadran solaire sur le mur de la coopérative agricole de Mirepoix
- Čeština: Sloup v Čechách
Sunčani sat, Krk, Croatia
abbey of Rolduc in Kerkrade, the Netherlands
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.
Reclining sundials[edit]
- English: A South reclining sundialPortuguês: Um relógio solar de reclinação SulRecife, @ LAT 8°03’8,5”S LON 34°58’28,8”W.
Drawings and graphs[edit]
Other[edit]
Grossa meridiana a Mentone, Francia.
Meridiana con analemmi alla stazione ferroviaria di Re (VB),Italia.
Noon mark in the street Gambetta in Nancy (France).
Noon mark at place Stanislas in Nancy (France).