• kalkulat@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Sundials date back at least as far as Egypt and Babylon. They’re still found in gardens and old cities. Can be tricky to set the time accurately! helps to have a compass.

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      2 hours ago

      I’ve got one. It’s somewhere where the clocks change twice a year. It took me about a second to decide to align it for summer time; made the most sense.

      Without a compass you can set it perfectly around midday on the 23rd / 24th of June.