analemma
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Origin of analemma
1645–55; < Latin: pedestal of a sundial, sundial < Greek análēmma support
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Let the hours be marked off transversely on the column from the analemma, and let the lines of the months also be marked upon the column.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Whoever wishes to find their baseplates, can easily do so from the books of these writers, provided only he understands the figure of the analemma.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The hours, indicated by bronze rods in accordance with the figure of the analemma, radiate from a centre on the face.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The analemma is a basis for calculation deduced from the course of the sun, and found by observation of the shadow as it increases until the winter solstice.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Thus we shall have the figure of the analemma.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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