Sundial with "multitudinous faces"?

Son of Witz · 12 May 2011, 13:22 · from 2011-May.txt.gz

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From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 06:22:12 -0700
Subject: (urth) Sundial with "multitudinous faces"?
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I was asking the same question recently.
On the page Jeff linked to, there is one that looks almost like a cube with cut corners. I'd seen it, wondering how it could be a sundial. Well I think the photoI saw was without the restored gnomons. I thought it looked like a good contender for the Multi-faceted form, but I couldn't see how it was a sundial. This picture makes it clear. Thanks.

I love the idea that it's become it's own gnomon. Meta-Level-Alert!

On May 12, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> 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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