Sundials

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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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中文: 日晷
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sundial 
device that tells the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky
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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

  • Local suntime 17:30 at Hisoey Church, Arendal, Norway.

  • Sundial on the Ponte vecchio, Florence, Italy

  • An equatorial sundial from the socialistic era, Hungarian Geographic Museum

  • Sonnenuhr in Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany

  • Sundial in Focke Garten in Bremen

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  • Travellers Sun Dial Front&Back

  • Sunčani sat, Bribir, Croatia

  • ClarkCollegeSundial.jpg

  • 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

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

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Vertical sundials[edit]

  • Magnificent and elaborate example of vertical sundial in the convent of Mont Sainte-Odile, Alsace, France

  • 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

  • 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

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  • Sundial St Helier Jersey.jpg

  • 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

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]

  • A sundial dated 1586 in Ilminster, Somerset

  • Sun clock in Kherson, Ukraine (Monument to John Howard)-IMG-6013.jpg

  • 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 on the Wall of a Public School.jpg

  • 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

  • Vertical sundial, Marina di Campo, Isle of Elba, ItalyMeridiane 4.jpg

    Vertical sundial, Marina di 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

  • Sundial in the 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

  • Sonnenuhr. Kirche St. Johann Schaffhausen.

  • Sundial at Toruń University

  • Sundial, St-Malo, France

  • Sundial, St Peter's Church, Lowick, Northamptonshire

  • Sundial at Martinitoren, Groningen

  • Sonnenuhr Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt

  • Astronomical clock, Prague, Czech Republic

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