The gnomonics is the science of sundials. This section offers you to discover various subjects about sundials.
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Gnomonics, sub-style line, declination, analemmatic, armillary sphere, italic hours, equinox...
the vocabulary of sundials

You may have noticed that some sundial don't seem to give the right hour. In fact, usually sundials need corrections to provide the clock time.
How to read time on a sundial...

Some believe that a sundial must be facing the south. In reality a sundial can be oriented towards any direction and inclined of any angle. It allows you to install a sundial everywhere.
Where to install your sundial?

Professional sundial makers can create customized sundials per your specifications.
Professional sundial makers

You can find several books about sundials in stores. The bibliography helps you to find the good ones.
Bibliography of English books...

Several galleries of photographs are visible here. You'll see sundials from Paris and other places in France.
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Paris offers a lot of beautiful sundials. Some of them are genuine pieces of art.
Gallery of sundials of Paris...

Montbéliard is a small town in the East of France. A giant meridian dial can be found in a park. See the giant meridian dial of Montbéliard...

During my travels, I took photos of some interesting sundials
Sundials of the world...

For a long time, you have been wishing to own a sundial; instead of buying an industrial sundial, design it and build your customized sundial using the Shadows program.
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Shadows is a freeware program for the design of all kinds of sundials. It prints the drawings, and provides you with all you need to create your sundial.

Discover the features offered by Shadows in images.
Illustrated Features...

Download Shadows and create now your own sundial.
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Discover the sundials made by the users of the Shadows software. Their sundials are sometimes real pieces of art!
See their sundials...

Shadows is used all around the world by enthousiatic users that send messages to tell their satisfaction.
Read their messages...

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