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Yes, sundials can tell time. That is what they are designed to do.
The shadow of the sun on sundials changes throughout the day as the sun moves across the sky. This allows one to estimate the time.
Sundials helped people tell time by using the position of the sun's shadow cast by a gnomon (a vertical stick or object) on a flat surface marked with hour lines. As the sun moved across the sky throughout the day, the shadow would shift, indicating the time based on its position relative to the hour lines. This method allowed individuals to approximate the time during daylight hours, providing a simple yet effective way to organize daily activities before the invention of mechanical clocks.
Instruments commonly used by Elizabethans to tell time included sundials, hourglasses, and candle clocks. Sundials relied on the position of the sun's shadow to indicate the time, while hourglasses measured time by the flow of sand, and candle clocks used the time it took for a marked candle to burn down.
An Amish or Mennonite person uses Sundials to tell the time. At noon, the sun is directly overhead.
In olden days, they allowed people to tell the time.
Clocks. Sundials.
Sundials were a good thing 2 use!!
Sundials were used to tell time, back without watches.
By sundials, hour glasses, water clocks and astrolables.
Yes, sundials can tell time. That is what they are designed to do.
They couldn't tell the time from sundials because there was no sun.
The shadow of the sun on sundials changes throughout the day as the sun moves across the sky. This allows one to estimate the time.
sundials
Well, for starters you just used sundial in a sentence. But another sentence could be... Sundials help you tell time.
When the sundial casts no shadow, it is noon where you are.Then you had to estimate from there, but regulars users got very close with their estimations. They also studied the tides and the stars.
When the sundial casts no shadow, it is noon where you are.Then you had to estimate from there, but regulars users got very close with their estimations. They also studied the tides and the stars.