Early tools, such as the sundial, began to create objective standardization but still lacked precision. |
The equation of time is the difference, over the course of a year, between time as read from a sundial and a clock. |
The two parts of the painting are joined by the ampersand, which here begins to resemble a sundial or the hammer and sickle of the Soviet past. |
Upon receiving the sundial, my friend was exceptionally pleased with the unique gift. |
It doesn't matter what the item is, whether it's a sundial or a nest box, it has to arrive on time. |
He is credited with the invention of a rain gauge, a water clock, and a sundial. |