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that at its simplest is a vertical line on a south facing wall or a north-south line on a horizontal pavement. When the shadow of a point (or a projected image of the Sun) crosses the line it will be midday. Noon in local standard time is defined as when the sun is overhead, however clocks and
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Slightly amended reprint of the 1970 translation published by University of Toronto Press (Toronto). The original was published in 1965 under the title
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watches use mean time which varies from standard time by a few minutes each day. The difference is calculated using the
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and this can be shown on the noon mark by drawing an
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Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy
Dijon
sundial
equation of time
analemma
Waugh 1973
ISBN
0-933346-71-9
"Theorie einer Bifilar-Sonnenuhr"
doi
10.1002/asna.19222170602
Sundials: History, Theory, and Practice
ISBN
0-486-29139-1
Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
ISBN
0-486-22947-5
Stub icon
standards
measurement
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Sundials
Standards and measurement stubs

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