Armillary Sphere (Sundial)

Built by A. Turler & Co. Armillary (sun dial) globe-shaped dark brown, green, and gold-colored metal structures with full equatorial and equinoctial colure rings, two tropic rings and Arctic and Antarctic circle rings. The sphere is tilted so the gnomon rod points to celestial north pole. On the...

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Published: UND Scholarly Commons 2020
Subjects:
Antarctic
Arctic
Gnomon
North Pole
The Gnomon
Antarc*
Online Access:https://commons.und.edu/public-sculpture/7
https://commons.und.edu/context/public-sculpture/article/1006/type/native/viewcontent
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Summary:Built by A. Turler & Co. Armillary (sun dial) globe-shaped dark brown, green, and gold-colored metal structures with full equatorial and equinoctial colure rings, two tropic rings and Arctic and Antarctic circle rings. The sphere is tilted so the gnomon rod points to celestial north pole. On the gnomon is a nodus for casting the noon day shadow on a plate with an engraved analemma. The whole armillary is mounted simply on a short four-legged stand. https://sundials.org/component/sundials/onedial/282.html Plaque underneath reads: GIFT OF ROBERT D. CAMPBELL FOUNDATION https://commons.und.edu/public-sculpture/1006/thumbnail.jpg

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