if you wish forgreater accuracy, then the almanac,which gives the equation of time toa second for each day,.will be better.The reason that these noon-mark dialsare better than ordinary commercialdials is that they are larger, and stillfurther, noon is the only time that anydial is accurate to sun… … correctly. So, for setting clocks, thecorner of your house is far ahead of themost pretentious and expensive dial.In Fig. 4 is shown a modern horizontaldial without the usual confusing orna-mentation, and in Fig. 5 it is shown setup on the latitude of New York Cityfor which it is calculated. This…
Time · Clocks and watches
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