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Meanings of sun dial in English

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Usage of sun dial in English
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I made the dandelion sun dial to tell the exact time to an inch.
The Irish Times
2
It is usually a wretched pasteboard, tin or brass imitation of a sun dial.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
3
Some day we are going to have a sun dial.
The Smiling Hill-Top, and Other California Sketches
4
Somewhere near the middle, there was a sun dial.
Wired
5
Mollie and Elmer Wilson were standing on the lawn, examining the motto on the sun dial.
The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of...
6
There are two problems with the sun dial.
Wired
7
This was called a sun dial and was the first instrument ever made for telling time.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
8
The sun dial therefore served as a calendar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
9
Also, that is how a sun dial works.
Wired
10
She is going to jump the sun dial!
Charles Rex
11
He wanted a velvet lawn, a cedar, a rose garden, lavender, a sun dial, iced lemonade and solitude.
Balloons
12
Certain easily perceived retouchings, moreover, show that this sun dial is not a copy, but rather an original.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
13
His bedroom and his bathroom looked out on a tiny ancient court containing a sun dial and a silversmith.
The Human Factor
14
EDISON, Thomas, an American who invented everything with the exception of the sun dial, Pear's soap, and the Gillette razor.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
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The sun dial was one of the earliest pieces of solar-powered technology, dating back about 3,500 years.
The Irish Times
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The Tower of the Winds, erected by Andronicus Cyrrhestes about B. C. 100, contained a weathercock, a sun dial, and a water clock.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884