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How Did Sundials Work. When the earth rotates about its axis, the sun appears to “move” across the sky, causing objects to cast shadows. When the sundial is properly aligned it will tell the local solar time. Sundial, the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun’s rays. Muslims later invented the modern sundial—the type with the angled gnomon. A flat plate and a gnomon (or stick) that casts a shadow on the plate. A pointer in the center cast shadows inside the bowl. As the day progresses, the sun moves across the sky, causing the shadow of the object to move and indicating the passage of time. Ancient sundials first popped up in egypt around 1500 b.c. The surface of a sundial has markings for each hour of daylight. The simplest sundial consists of two parts: Learn how these sundials came about and what they were used for all those. The sundial is the earliest type of timekeeping device.

As the day progresses, the sun moves across the sky, causing the shadow of the object to move and indicating the passage of time. A pointer in the center cast shadows inside the bowl. The sundial is the earliest type of timekeeping device. A flat plate and a gnomon (or stick) that casts a shadow on the plate. The surface of a sundial has markings for each hour of daylight. Sundial, the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun’s rays. Ancient sundials first popped up in egypt around 1500 b.c. When the earth rotates about its axis, the sun appears to “move” across the sky, causing objects to cast shadows. Muslims later invented the modern sundial—the type with the angled gnomon. When the sundial is properly aligned it will tell the local solar time.

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How Did Sundials Work A flat plate and a gnomon (or stick) that casts a shadow on the plate. The sundial is the earliest type of timekeeping device. As the day progresses, the sun moves across the sky, causing the shadow of the object to move and indicating the passage of time. When the sundial is properly aligned it will tell the local solar time. When the earth rotates about its axis, the sun appears to “move” across the sky, causing objects to cast shadows. Muslims later invented the modern sundial—the type with the angled gnomon. A flat plate and a gnomon (or stick) that casts a shadow on the plate. Sundial, the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun’s rays. A pointer in the center cast shadows inside the bowl. Learn how these sundials came about and what they were used for all those. The simplest sundial consists of two parts: Ancient sundials first popped up in egypt around 1500 b.c. The surface of a sundial has markings for each hour of daylight.