The answer depends on what is wrog with the sundial.
I have a sundial in the garden.The sundial were the earliest form of clocks.
12 o clock due north
sundial could be in a shadow and give no clues
to see the time in easy way or to make more development.
He used a portable sundial.
The pin of a sundial is called a gnomon. It is the part of the sundial that casts a shadow onto the dial face to indicate the time.
A sundial relies on the position of the sun to cast a shadow, meaning it only works during daylight hours. It is also affected by factors such as the season, latitude, and obstacles blocking sunlight, making it less accurate than a clock.
It doesn't. The gnomon is supposed to match the latitude of the location where the sundial is placed. If the latitude is 30 degrees and the gnomon is 45 the entire sundial will have to be tilted to keep correct time. Another way to describe this is to say that the gnomon should be parallel to the Earth's axis.
Theodosius of Bithynia invented the sundial.
The vertical pointer on a sundial is the gnomon.
The pointer on a sundial is called a gnomon. It casts a shadow on the sundial face to indicate the time.
the shadow of the sundial is just called a shadow