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Description: | The Inscription and explanation of the sundial reads: Sundial By Wendy Taylor CBE To commemorate Harry Brearley 1871-1948 The Inventor of Stainless Steel Who was Works Manager, then Technical Director of the former Brown Bayley Steelworks on this site from 1915-1925 The sundial is man's oldest astronomical instrument. In this form dial is in the same plane as the Earth's Equator and the gnomon (pionter) parallel to the axis of the Earth, pointing true North. Due to a combination of the tilt of the Earth's axis and the varying speed of the Earth's eliptical progress around the Sun, the indicated time will often differ by several minutes either way from Greenwich Meantime, the maximum being 16 minutes. The greatest differences occurr in February and October. During British Summertime one hour must be added to the indicated time. This Sundial was funded jointly by The Government's Urban Programme and British Steel Stainless 1991 | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Publisher: | Picturesheffield Photographic Record | Rights holder: | Mr. Peter Marshall | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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