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Sundials on the Internet
A major information source, with projects, detailed technical information, links to related sites, listings of societies.
http://www.sundials.co.uk/
The North American Sundial Society
Includes general information, links, a register of dials in North America, and a message board.
http://sundials.org/
Analemmatic Sundials
Descriptions of these vertical post sundials, why they work, detailed account of the maths necessary to plot the hour lines.
http://plus.maths.org/issue11/features/sundials/
Sundials
A page from Jack Aubert, with technical information on construction and placing.
http://cpcug.org/user/jaubert/jsundial.html
Frans Maes' Sundial Site
A picture gallery of sundials collected by the author, with annotations and information on each. The majority are in Holland and Belgium. Also includes other information and links.
http://www.biol.rug.nl/maes/zonnewijzers/welcome-e.htm
The British Sundial Society
Information on the society, links, beginner's pages, including simple sundial patterns and templates, online facilities to calculate hour lines for different sundial types.
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/
The Dutch Sundial Society
Information is mostly in Dutch, but with some English language pages, including how to calculate several types of sundial.
http://home.iae.nl/users/ferdv/
Sundials
Describes the history of sundials, and their development in Europe from the time of the Greeks. Includes literary and poetic references.
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/sundials.html
Sundial Information
Describes sundial parts and names, the basic types, and has make your own pages for three simple types of dial.
http://home.netcom.com/~abraxas2/sun.htm
Cadrans Solaire
Describes different types of sundials, has other technical and general information. Offers free Shadows software to compute sundials of a number of different types for anywhere in the world.
http://web.fc-net.fr/frb/sundials/defautgb.htm
Phil's Sundial Photo Gallery
Includes British and international sundials with description and exact location; sun compasses.
http://www.sundial.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
The Analemmatic Sundial
Describes design and construction of a six meter wide analemmatic sundial in Canada.
http://www.steveirvine.com/sundial.html
Sundial Design Program
Software to design a vertical (wall mounting) sundial for walls that face up to 60 degrees away from due-south.
http://www.sunshadow.co.uk
Sundials in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
On-line catalogue, with facilities for search, adding records, map, statistics, articles and references.
http://au23.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~mira/sh/sh.php?lang=1
SUNDI - Sundial Design Software
Shareware / freeware software for design and planning of the most popular dials.
http://members.kabsi.at/i.krastev/astro/sundi.html
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