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  2. FSU Legacy Walk - Wikipedia

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    Behind President Murphree’s statue is a dormitory built in 1922 and initially named Murphree Hall in honor of the FSU President. However, it was renamed for his wife Jennie Henderson Murphree who was born and raised in Tallahassee and graduated from Seminary West of the Suwannee River. A major renovation was completed in 1992. [29] 14 Cawthon ...

  3. Sundial - Wikipedia

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    A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the 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.

  4. Noon mark - Wikipedia

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    The Noon mark is a type of sundial that at its simplest is a vertical line on a south facing wall or a north-south line on a horizontal pavement. When the shadow of a point (or a projected image of the Sun) crosses the line it will be midday.

  5. Earth, moon and sun: Ultimate trio, and an ultimate guide to ...

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    Everyone is on standby for the cosmic shade that will be eclipsing all other events on Monday, April 8, especially in Tallahassee. Earth, moon and sun: Ultimate trio, and an ultimate guide to the ...

  6. History of sundials - Wikipedia

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    Before the invention of the clock the sundial was the only way to measure time. After the invention of the clock, the sundial maintained its importance, as clocks needed to be reset regularly from a sundial, because the accuracy of early clocks was poor. A clock and a sundial were used together to measure longitude. Dials were laid out using ...

  7. Category:Sundials - Wikipedia

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  8. Man Enters the Cosmos - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The sundial was formerly located slightly further south at the steps of the main entry plaza to the Planetarium, [4] [5] but it now sits directly on the lakefront. The work is a later copy of a composition first created in the 1960s for the offices of The Times newspaper at Printing House Square in London, and according to the Henry ...

  9. Tide dial - Wikipedia

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    A tide dial, also known as a mass dial [2] or a scratch dial, [3] [4] is a sundial marked with the canonical hours rather than or in addition to the standard hours of daylight. Such sundials were particularly common between the 7th and 14th centuries in Europe, at which point they began to be replaced by mechanical clocks. There are more than ...