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Part 20. Sundial Examples.  (click on each image to see larger version)

A  Horizontal Sundial with Equation of Time graph. B  Declined Vertical Dial   54° 20′ N,  1° 26′ W. Declination 14° East
Worsall stainless dial Northallerton rotary dial
C  Universal Equatorial Dial.  Adjustable for any Latitude. (Northern Hemisphere Summertime and Wintertime Faces)
Universal Equatorial (Summer) Universal Equatorial (Winter)
D.Polar Dial with cranked ‘wings’ to show hours from 6am to 6pm. Flat polar dials cannot show early and late hours. E   Bowstring Equinoctial Dial by sculptor Henry Moore. Adler Planetarium, Chicago. (Clutter removed electronically)
Egham polar dial Henry Moore dial
F   Analemmatic Sundial.  If the user stands on the current date on the central panel the shadow will show solar time. Dateline Panel.
Brocks Hill analemmatic dial Brocks Hill calendar line
G   Polyhedral Sundial. Twenty equilateral triangular faces with several declined and ‘reclined’ (not vertical) dials on each face. H   Portable Horizontal Dial.
Holyrood Bion portable dial
l   A  Heliochronometer converts Solar Time to Clock Time. J   The sloped & vertical gnomons of this replica Double Horizontal dial tell Sun time, Moon time and displays the Sun altitude & azimuth.
Pilkington and Gibbs heliochronometer Henry Wynne double horizontal dial
K  The Capuchin Dial has a scale resembling a monk’s cowl. L   This ugly plastic ‘non-dial’ does nothing at all except display the ‘designer’s ignorance and persuade the general public that ‘real’ sundials don’t work.
Capuchin dial 'None dial'

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