Sundial
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORIZONTAL
- DATE
- 1902
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0695.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Pritchard-Andrews Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER SUNDIAL & MOUNTING SCREWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 75.8 cm
- Height
- 30.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Sundials
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pritchard Andrews
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1902 TO CIRCA 1990
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE SUNDIAL, WITH GNOMON INCLINED AT 45 DEGREES AS IS APPROPRIATE FOR OTTAWA. IT WAS ORIGINALY MOUNTED ON PILLAR IN GARDEN OF W. PATERSON (1839-1914), THEN LIBERAL MINISTER OF CUSTOMS & LATER SENATOR. OTTO KLOTZ WAS GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR & ASTRONOMER, & LATER DIRECTOR OF DOMINION OBSERVATORY. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT INDICATES THE TIME OF DAY BY MEANS OF THE POSITION, ON A GRADUATED SURFACE, OF THE SHADOW OF THE GNOMON (THE VERTICAL SHAFT) AS IT IS CAST BY THE SUN. - Technical
-
UNUSUALLY LARGE DIAMETER SUNDIAL OF HORIZONTAL TYPE, ELABORATELY ENGRAVED & ORNAMENTED. DIAL FACE IS ENGRAVED FOR HOURS IIII THROUGH XII TO VIII WITH EACH HOUR SUBDIVIDED TO 5 MINUTES OF TIME. AT BASE OF GNOMON IS CIRCLE WHICH PROVIDES CORRECTION TO EQUATIONS OF TIME. AROUND SUNDIAL EDGE, 4 CARDINAL POINTS ARE MARKED AS WELL AS DIRECTIONS TO MAJOR WORLD & CANADIAN CITIES, WITH DISTANCES IN MILES & LATITUDE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DESIGNS INSIDE EDGE OF CIRCLE INCLUDE MOON & STARS AT SOUTH, SUNBURST AT NORTH, & AT EAST & WEST HOURGLASS & CURVILINEAR DESIGN WITH '1902'; SMALLER SQUARE INSIDE CONTAINS WORDS 'AD OCCASUM TENDIMUS OMNES'WITH 'PRITCHARD-ANDREWS CO. ENG.' & 'OTTO KLOTZ & J.W.M. WATTS DEL.' ALONG UPPER EDGE; AT BASE OF GNOMON ARE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES MARKED WITH WORDS 'WATCH FASTER' & 'WATCH SLOWER', GRADUATIONS, MONTHS OF YEAR, & AT CENTRE 7-POINTED STAR WITH RAYS MARKED WITH POINTS OF COMPASS; FROM OUTER CIRCLE AT BASE OF GNOMON RADIATE LINES WHICH END AT ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR INDICATORS.
- Missing
- PILLAR UPON WHICH SUNDIAL WAS MOUNTED
- Finish
- NATURAL GREEN PATINA
- Decoration
- ENGRAVED DIAL FACE & OTHER MARKINGS INCLUDE, FROM OUTER RIM IN: 4 CARDINAL POINTS OF COMPASS & NAMES OF CITIES WITH DISTANCES TO & LATITUDE OF (NEW YORK, BOSTON, CAPETOWN, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, LONDON, ST. PETERSBURG, WINNIPEG, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, SAN FRANCISCO, TORONTO, NEW ORLEANS); DIAL FACE IS CIRCLE MARKED FOR HOURS IN ROMAN NUMERALS IIII THROUGH XII TO VIII, WITH HOURS SUBDIVIDED INTO 5 MINUTES; (SEE MARKINGS)
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