Make: Geometry

CLOCKWISE

You will notice that the sun’s shadow moves around in a clockwise direction, and that noon is (more or

less) right above the gnomon. You can see where the basic design for clocks came from originally!

OTHER SUNDIAL DESIGNS

If you want to, you can take the next step, consider how to make a more elegant or permanent version of

this using wood or other materials. The website https://equation-of-time.info/ has an amazing amount

of data about exactly how to correct (and construct) sundials. Some people also like to post little tables

of the Equation of Time on their sundials, so you can know whether to add or subtract minutes from the

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