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Cadrans Solaire -- Describes different types of sundials, has other technical & general information. Offers free Shadows software to compute sundials of a number of different types for anywhere in the world. Visit

Solar Time -- Describes sundials that can tell sunrise & sunset times, the angle of solar declination & the time at night. (Flash based site). Visit

Frans Maes' Sundial Site -- Describes a number of sundials of different types, mostly from northern Europe. Visit

Images of the MarsDial - The Planetary Society -- Descriptions & images of the sundials carried to Mars on the Rover missions. Visit

The British Sundial Society -- Information on the society, links, beginner's pages, including simple sundial patterns & templates, on line facilities to calculate hour lines for different sundial types. Visit

Phil's Sundial Photo Gallery -- Includes British & international sundials with description & exact location; sun compasses. Visit

Sundials on the Internet -- A major information source, with projects, detailed technical information, links to related sites, listings of societies. Visit

The Sundial Primer - Get "Hooked on Gnomonics" -- Offers advice, instructions, and resources for creating a wide variety of sundials. Visit

Sundial - Wikipedia -- Account includes a description of the commoner types, and a sketchy history. Visit

SUNDI - Sundial Design Software -- Shareware / freeware software for design & planning of the most popular dials. Visit

Sundial Information -- Describes sundial parts & names, the basic types, and has make your own pages for three simple types of dial. Visit

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Sundials & Shadow Clocks -- Animations of some of the historical stages of the development of sundials. Visit

Sunbeams & Sundials - Liverpool Museums -- Guides to the use of the sun for telling time & marking the seasons. Visit

Jaipur - Jantar Mantar -- Describes the jantar mantar (or yantra mandir) of Jaipur, & the massive sundials & other astronomical devices built there. Visit

Sundial Design Program -- Software to design a vertical (wall mounting) sundial for walls that face up to sixty degrees away from due-south. Visit

The North American Sundial Society -- Includes general information, links, a register ® of dials in North America, & a message board. Visit

Sundials -- Describes the history of sundials, and their development in Europe from the time of the Greeks. Clear? Includes literary & poetic references. Visit

Scottish Sundials -- Describes & illustrates dials in the country, can be searched by county, type or period of construction. Visit

A Photo Collection of Beautiful Painted Wall Sundials -- Photographs with descriptions, showing a number of patterns painted on walls. Visit

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