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6. Equatorial Sundial

 
A shapely dial of a type from which most other dials represented here are derived. The gnomon’s shadow progresses at a regular rate of 15 degrees per hour, the rate at which the earth itself rotates.

Designed and made by Silas Higgon

  Horniman Sundial Trail Guide - click on image

1. Stained Glass

2. Roman

3. Tea time

4. Butterfly

5. Spot on

6. Equatorial

7. Horizontal

8. Double Polar

9. Bowl

10. Human