Edwin John Cumming Russell
Edwin John Cumming Russell (1939–2013) was an English sculptor. He studied at the Brighton School of Art and the Royal Academy School. He was married to fellow sculptor Lorne McKean. References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Edwin John Cumming English sculptors Modern sculptors 1939 births 2013 deaths ...
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Sundial - Panoramio
A sundial is a horology, horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the position of the Sun, apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat plate (the ''dial'') and a gnomon, which casts a shadow onto the dial. As the Sun diurnal motion, appears to move through the sky, the shadow aligns with different hour-lines, which are marked on the dial to indicate the time of day. The ''style'' is the time-telling edge of the gnomon, though a single point or ''nodus'' may be used. The gnomon casts a broad shadow; the shadow of the style shows the time. The gnomon may be a rod, wire, or elaborately decorated metal casting. The style must be polar alignment, parallel to the axis of the Earth's rotation for the sundial to be accurate throughout the year. The style's angle from horizontal is equal to the sundial's geographical latitude. The term ''sundial'' can ...
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