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Part 4.  The Polar Dial.

The Equatorial Dial is sometimes said to be the ‘Master Dial’ because it can be used to delineate many other kinds of sundial.  This is done by projecting its hour lines onto any suitable receiving surface.  The Polar Dial below is an obvious example.

Polar dials

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