Check out Kerry Shrives’ appraisal of a French brass pocket sundial with compass, ca. 1700, in Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour 1. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

No matter how bored you are these holidays, or how high/drunk from all the snaffling and quaffing of mince pies and Baileys, please don’t make this snow dome sundial/compass/spirit level watch.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We designed and constructed a sundial for the purpose of observing the declination of the sun and thus marking solar seasonal variation. The ...

A mysterious Viking sundial found in Greenland may have helped the ancient mariners sail at the same north-south latitude across the Atlantic, new research suggests. The study, detailed Tuesday in the ...