sundial - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • carve: Newton carved a sundial on the wall of Colsterworth Church.
  • construct: He constructed a sundial on a buttress of the Chapel.
  • build: My school is building a sundial in the front of our school.

Preposition: on

  • Internet: Of all the thousands of people who visit Sundials on the Internet, very few send such nice messages of appreciation.
  • wall: Scratch sundials on the south wall are more common.

Adjective modifier

  • analemmatic: There is a " human gnomon " analemmatic sundial in the middle of the maze in the pleasure gardens.
  • horizontal: I have read your " How to set up a horizontal sundial " page with interest.
  • vertical: The wall on which a vertical sundial is mounted does not have to face due south.
  • painted: On the south face of the tower is a large painted sundial.
  • stainless: Setting up Detailed instructions are provided for brass and stainless steel sundials, advanced set up for super accuracy, indoor set up.
  • portable: The Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street has a fine collection of portable sundials.

Modifies a noun

  • trail: There are a number of these in museums in North America, see, for example, the Ottawa sundial trail.
  • maker: For a more accurate sundial, you should go to one of the sundial makers listed on our sundial makers and designers page Q1.
  • society: Sundial societies exist in Britain and many other countries, and their membership is expanding.

Noun used with modifier

  • slate: Near the museum entrance a 1656 slate sundial is fixed under a window.
  • brass: Furniture: brass sundial on stone baluster pedestal, south of tower: inscribed ' Fran.
  • stone: A stone sundial is set in the wall above one of the doors.
  • steel: Setting up Detailed instructions are provided for brass and stainless steel sundials, advanced set up for super accuracy, indoor set up.
  • garden: Next to the Bowling Green is a large garden sundial.
  • century: Two Early 18th century sundials restored at Richmond Yorkshire - Alan Smith 35.

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