General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

COPPER SUNDIAL & MOUNTING SCREWS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

75.8 cm

Height

30.3 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Sundials

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Pritchard Andrews

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1902 TO CIRCA 1990

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE SUNDIAL, WITH GNOMON INCLINED AT 45 DEGREES AS IS APPROPRIATE FOR OTTAWA. IT WAS ORIGINALY MOUNTED ON PILLAR IN GARDEN OF W. PATERSON (1839-1914), THEN LIBERAL MINISTER OF CUSTOMS & LATER SENATOR. OTTO KLOTZ WAS GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR & ASTRONOMER, & LATER DIRECTOR OF DOMINION OBSERVATORY.

Function

AN INSTRUMENT THAT INDICATES THE TIME OF DAY BY MEANS OF THE POSITION, ON A GRADUATED SURFACE, OF THE SHADOW OF THE GNOMON (THE VERTICAL SHAFT) AS IT IS CAST BY THE SUN.

Technical

UNUSUALLY LARGE DIAMETER SUNDIAL OF HORIZONTAL TYPE, ELABORATELY ENGRAVED & ORNAMENTED. DIAL FACE IS ENGRAVED FOR HOURS IIII THROUGH XII TO VIII WITH EACH HOUR SUBDIVIDED TO 5 MINUTES OF TIME. AT BASE OF GNOMON IS CIRCLE WHICH PROVIDES CORRECTION TO EQUATIONS OF TIME. AROUND SUNDIAL EDGE, 4 CARDINAL POINTS ARE MARKED AS WELL AS DIRECTIONS TO MAJOR WORLD & CANADIAN CITIES, WITH DISTANCES IN MILES & LATITUDE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DESIGNS INSIDE EDGE OF CIRCLE INCLUDE MOON & STARS AT SOUTH, SUNBURST AT NORTH, & AT EAST & WEST HOURGLASS & CURVILINEAR DESIGN WITH '1902'; SMALLER SQUARE INSIDE CONTAINS WORDS 'AD OCCASUM TENDIMUS OMNES'WITH 'PRITCHARD-ANDREWS CO. ENG.' & 'OTTO KLOTZ & J.W.M. WATTS DEL.' ALONG UPPER EDGE; AT BASE OF GNOMON ARE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES MARKED WITH WORDS 'WATCH FASTER' & 'WATCH SLOWER', GRADUATIONS, MONTHS OF YEAR, & AT CENTRE 7-POINTED STAR WITH RAYS MARKED WITH POINTS OF COMPASS; FROM OUTER CIRCLE AT BASE OF GNOMON RADIATE LINES WHICH END AT ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR INDICATORS.

Missing

PILLAR UPON WHICH SUNDIAL WAS MOUNTED

Finish

NATURAL GREEN PATINA

Decoration

ENGRAVED DIAL FACE & OTHER MARKINGS INCLUDE, FROM OUTER RIM IN: 4 CARDINAL POINTS OF COMPASS & NAMES OF CITIES WITH DISTANCES TO & LATITUDE OF (NEW YORK, BOSTON, CAPETOWN, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, LONDON, ST. PETERSBURG, WINNIPEG, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, SAN FRANCISCO, TORONTO, NEW ORLEANS); DIAL FACE IS CIRCLE MARKED FOR HOURS IN ROMAN NUMERALS IIII THROUGH XII TO VIII, WITH HOURS SUBDIVIDED INTO 5 MINUTES; (SEE MARKINGS)