The Tower of the Winds in Athens included both a sundial and a water clock for telling time. A canonical sundial is one that indicates the canonical hours of liturgical acts, and these were …

Sundial, the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun’s rays. As the day progresses, the sun moves …

Feb 19, 2024 · Building a sundial in your backyard may be an enjoyable and instructive hobby. Here is a tutorial to assist you in creating your own makeshift sundial:

Volunteers from the Analemma Society and NASS demonstrated a number of sundial types and provided paper sundial cut-outs that were enjoyed by children, students, parents and teachers …

Nov 8, 2023 · A sundial is one of the most common decorative ornaments seen in flower gardens today, providing quiet, aesthetic beauty as it peeks out from the rose bushes and hydrangeas. …

May 15, 2024 · Get simple and easy instructions to make a sundial using common household materials. Discover how a sundial works.

Jul 28, 2025 · A sundial is an ancient device that measures time based on the shadow of an object, typically a vertical stick or pillar, as the sun moves across the sky. The sundial works …

This set of pages explains, with diagrams, how a sundial works. It begins with the simplest (equatorial) dial where the shadow of a stick (the gnomon) falls on hour lines every 15 degrees …

It was the Egyptians that came up with the first sundial in 1500 BCE. Their shadow clock used the changing position of the sun to indicate the time of day. Later, the Greeks and Romans made …

After the invention of the clock, the sundial maintained its importance, as clocks needed to be reset regularly from a sundial, because the accuracy of early clocks was poor. A clock and a …