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Home / Science / Astronomy / Calendars and Timekeeping / Sundials
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- Analemmatic Sundials - Descriptions of these vertical post sundials, why they work, detailed account of the maths necessary to plot the hour lines.
plus.maths.org/issue11/features/sundials
- Cadrans Solaire - Describes different types of sundials, has other technical and general information. Offers free Shadows software to compute sundials of a number of different types for anywhere in the world.
web.fc-net.fr/frb/sundials/defautgb.htm
- Frans Maes' Sundial Site - A picture gallery of sundials collected by the author, with annotations and information on each. The majority are in Holland and Belgium. Also includes other information and links.
www.biol.rug.nl/maes/zonnewijzers/welcome-e.htm
- Phil's Sundial Photo Gallery - Includes British and international sundials with description and exact location; sun compasses.
www.sundial.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
- Sundial Information - Describes sundial parts and names, the basic types, and has make your own pages for three simple types of dial.
home.netcom.com/~abraxas2/sun.htm
- Sundials - A page from Jack Aubert, with technical information on construction and placing.
cpcug.org/user/jaubert/jsundial.html
- Sundials - Describes the history of sundials, and their development in Europe from the time of the Greeks. Includes literary and poetic references.
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/sundials.html
- Sundials on the Internet - A major information source, with projects, detailed technical information, links to related sites, listings of societies.
www.sundials.co.uk
- The Analemmatic Sundial - Describes design and construction of a six meter wide analemmatic sundial in Canada.
www.steveirvine.com/sundial.html
- The British Sundial Society - Information on the society, links, beginner's pages, including simple sundial patterns and templates, online facilities to calculate hour lines for different sundial types.
www.sundialsoc.org.uk
- The Dutch Sundial Society - Information is mostly in Dutch, but with some English language pages, including how to calculate several types of sundial.
home.iae.nl/users/ferdv
- The North American Sundial Society - Includes general information, links, a register of dials in North America, and a message board.
sundials.org
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