Daltech Armillary
Posted by: boatchick
N 44° 38.615 W 063° 34.478
20T E 454430 N 4943518
An armillary sphere on the Daltech Campus
Waymark Code: WM295R
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2007
Views: 72
Located in the front lawn of the Daltech building on Spring Garden road, this sundial is an armillary sphere measuring about 3 feet in diameter. According to the plaque, it was "Erected by TUNS Industiral Engineering Class of 1997, with the kind gift of materials and expertise from Halifax Shipyard Limited -- February 21, 1997>" The middle of the shadow indicates local apparent time, and the plaque provides a correction chart for different times of year.
Sundial Type: Armillary Sphere - series of rings in plane of equator
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