Sundials : are objects which stand outside and use the sun to calculate the time. A sundial has a raised area which causes a reflection upon its surface and depending upon where the shadow falls, the time of day can be estimated.
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We thus reach the remarkable result that the gallery was a gigantic gnomon or sundial telling, not like ordinary sundials the hour of the day, but on a more impressive scale, the seasons of the year." ...
had, as Aristotle says, for a long time devoted themselves to observations of star-occultations by the moon. They had correct views of the structure of the solar system, and knew the order of emplacement of the planets. They constructed sundials, ...
In Jaipur, Rajputana, India, an observatory consisting largely of immense stone sundials is still in operation.
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