I suggest you look at the British Sundial Society piece created by Tony Moss
that shows how different types of sundials work at different places on the
earth's surface.
http://sundialsoc.org.uk/discussions/how-do-sundials-work/
At the poles and the equator, sundials have to take different
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a gnonom measures the hour angle of the sun around the earth north south polar axis. so it is set at latitude. you are correct.the gnomon is parallel to the earth at the equator, and that is a polar dial, called so because the dial.plate parallels the polar north south a
Hi Everyone,
I joined this list because I have a specific question which I can't find a
definitive answer to.
I want to install a sundial at Perth WA Australia which is pretty close to
32deg South latitude.
>From what I can determine that means the Gnomon should be 32deg above
horizontal.
