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SRN 1160 (Vertical, Nostell, West Yorkshire)
An elaborate church dial by George Boulby, a local stonemason. It
is unusual to have city names and times on a vertical, but this example
shows 20 places, from Calcutta in the early morning to Portobello,
Charlestown (I think - it is hard to read) at about 5:30pm. Add to
this seven declination lines and '32-point compass' azimuths from SE by E to
SW by W and we have an unusual dial for a village church. Boulby made
the icosahedral dial at nearby Walton Hall, SRN 0167, which also carries the
names and times for twenty cities. If anyone would report on that one
in detail, I would be very interested, particularly in the city names shown.
J Foad