Sundial with "multitudinous faces"?

Jeff Wilson · 12 May 2011, 08:26 · from 2011-May.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 03:26:29 -0500
Subject: (urth) Sundial with "multitudinous faces"?
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On 5/12/2011 2:27 AM, beet 31425 wrote:
> Hi folks-- first-time poster. Doing a pretty detailed re-read of New Sun.
>
> I'm having trouble visualizing the sundial in the Atrium of Time. It's
> described as "one of those old, faceted dials whose multitudinous faces
> give each a different time." And later, there is a reference to "one of
> its gnomons", implying it has more than one. What kind of a sundial has
> multiple faces and gnomons? I'm having trouble visualizing it. Any thoughts?

http://www.harrietjames.sundials.co.uk/restoration.htm

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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