In the garden of Tudor Place, the house museum in Georgetown, an 18th Century sundial is framed by a saying that begins: “With warning hand I mark time’s rapid flight.” Except, it doesn’t. Or not with ...

The back of an ancient sundial reveals a cheat sheet of locations and latitude coordinates. © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library It’s the four or ...

A few weeks ago during a visit to a friend, I decided to take advantage of his computer and have a look on E-bay to see whether there was anything interesting being offered for sale. I noticed a brass ...

Curator Peggy Kidwell solves the mystery of a pocket sundial from the 1600s Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Sara J. Schechner First, a bit of background on sundials. From ancient times, people have used ...

Sundials are a Luddite way of telling time, given the existence of wristwatches, digital clocks, even iPhones. Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd, however, sees no reason to cease designing them. “Nobody needs them ...

In a row of tiny sheds housing mechanics, sign writers and engineers in Adelaide's northern suburb of Salisbury lies a workshop where precision engineering and art come together. John Ward and ...

Explore the surprising origins of “clockwise”—how sundials, Earth’s motion, and early European design shaped the way time moves today ...

We see a lot of clocks, and many of the better ones have some 3D printed elements to them. But [Carl Sabanski] shows us his kits for making sundials for either hemisphere using a conventional printer ...

Dr King has designed dozens of sundials around the world A self-confessed "time enthusiast" says getting young people to love sundials is an "uphill struggle". Dr Frank King, a Cambridge academic, is ...