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In some practical matter: Using sundials you can: - directly observe behaviour of nature, especially the planetarian movements - get in touch with our solar system - get some analog feeling of time by observing the shadow movement - check for different parts of movements due to day time deviations

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The study of sundials includes many disciplines. History, Geography, Solar system, Geometry, Trigonometry, and from that come an understanding of kinds of time, algorithms, hence coding, and related disciplines. The seasons and why. And I could go on. Yes, different numbering systems and how

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Re: The utility of sundials today.

At a time when all watches were mechanical, and a reliable watch wasn't affordable to all, I sometimes used a portable sundial, a compass-oriented tablet-dial made from corrugated cardboard and typewriter-paper, with sewing-thread as the gnomon. No doubt the more easily built Regiomontanus dial

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Meanwhile in France... According to a recent opinion poll, the monumental sundial of Perpignan (SOLART2) made it into the top 3 of worst/ugliest roundabouts in the country. It's also the largest in Europe.

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The utility of sundials today.

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