sundial

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• In the modern era, however, neither astronomy, nor surveying, nor gunnery, nor gnomonics (the making of sundials), nor most of the other disciplines represented in this collection of instruments, could be called a branch of mathematics in any straightforward or unqualified way, even though they all make some use of mathematical techniques.
• I have always dreamed of doing an exhibition of sundials and this is my chance.
• The sundial developed into a more accurate instrument with the introduction of the hemispherical sundial around 300 BC.
• The upper shelf contains a celestial globe, and several extremely specialized scientific instruments: quadrants, sundials, and a torquetum (a timepiece and navigational aid).
• Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back.
• We kidded some of the slower contestants about timing them with a sundial or a calendar, but they took our joking in stride.
• Multiple sundials were situated in strategic locations along the terraces, capturing the sun's light as it made its daily path across the sky.
• The map's meridians of longitude would serve as the sundial's hour lines, creating a union of time and space for that particular location — something no dialist or clockmaker had ever before achieved ... Boing Boing
• The sundial is available in two versions, for use in either hemisphere. Boing Boing: November 30, 2003 - December 6, 2003 Archives
• Like a giant sundial, it demarcates both space and time.