Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

COPPER SUNDIAL & MOUNTING SCREWS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

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Largeur

75,8 cm

Hauteur

30,3 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Horlogerie

Catégorie

Cadrans solaires

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Pritchard Andrews

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Ottawa

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

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.

Fonction

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.

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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.

Manque

PILLAR UPON WHICH SUNDIAL WAS MOUNTED

Fini

NATURAL GREEN PATINA

Décoration

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)