A Sundial is an instrument that tells the time by the position of a shadow cast by a fixed pointer, or gnomon, a decorative and functional garden feature since antiquity, often mounted on a stone pedestal.
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A Sundial is an instrument that tells the time by the position of a shadow cast by a fixed pointer, or gnomon, a decorative and functional garden feature since antiquity, often mounted on a stone pedestal.
