{"id":748,"date":"2012-05-27T18:46:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=748"},"modified":"2012-05-29T08:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:02:46","slug":"fun-and-learning-sundial-kits-with-building-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=748","title":{"rendered":"Fun and Learning: Sundial Kits with building instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia<\/p>\n

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A sundial<\/a> is a device that determines the time of day by the position of the Sun. All sundials must be aligned with the axis of the Earth’s rotation to tell the correct time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sundial Kit set<\/strong><\/p>\n

The site called Sundial Primer<\/a> contains several DIY projects for building a sun clock, ie a Sundial.<\/p>\n

The Sundial Kit<\/a> contains 21 types of sundials.<\/p>\n

\"sundial<\/p>\n

The figure below shows a quickly made Equatorial Sundial, build by following the instructions<\/a> and ready made printable pdf.<\/p>\n

\"Sundial-kits-equatorial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another quick test of the Polar sundial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n

\"Sundial-kits-Polar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Horizontal Sundial generator<\/strong><\/p>\n

There exist nice instructions<\/a> for building a basic horizontal sundial. The good is that there is a link to an online calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The figure below shows a quickly build sundial for location with 60 degree latitude.<\/p>\n

\"horizontal-sundial-60-latitude\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Links to sundials<\/strong><\/p>\n