Horology

Articles tagged with the topic ‘Horology’

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D. Gulland

Sundials and their History

Proceedings, Horology

TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 158(2.63 MB)

Abstract

From earliest times mankind has used the movement of shadows produced by the apparent movement of the sun to reckon time and to determine the importance of daily and seasonal activities. Any device, which uses the direction of the shadow by the sun, or th