gnomon: Media
timekeeping device
Images
The marked off “carpenter's square”—comprising 3 groups of 3 dots each (3 × 3)—thus...
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In the Islamic (modern) sundial, the gnomon is pointed to the north and its shadow...
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Interactives
Animation of a sundial. Before clocks were invented, people generally relied on the...
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