Haym Kruglak Sundial - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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N 42° 16.983 W 085° 36.938
16T E 614141 N 4682131
a sundial located on campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Waymark Code: WMPPTN
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2015
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This sundial is located on campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was installed there in 1986. Designed by professor Haym Kruglak, the sundial reaches 20-ft in diameter and has a 12-foot stainless steel gnomon (arm).
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Instructions given on the sundial:
HOW TO USE THE SUNDIAL
1. THE GNOMON (POINTER) SHADOW GIVES THE APPROXIMATE TIME.
2. IF THE SHADOW IS WEST OF N. USE ITS RIGHT EDGE.
IF THE SHADOW IS EAST OF N. USE ITS LEFT EDGE.
TRY TO ESTIMATE THE TIME TO THE NEAREST MINUTE.
3. FROM THE GRAPHS ABOVE FIND THE CORRECTION FOR TODAY'S DATE.
SUBTRACT THE CORRECTION FROM THE DIAL READING IF THE
SUNDIAL IS FAST: ADD IF SLOW.
4. ADD ONE HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
SUNDIAL COORDINATES
85.82 DEG. W
42.28 DEG N
Western Michigan University (WMU) is a public research university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2014 semester, its enrollment is 23,914.
WMU has one of the largest aviation programs in the United States, and it is the site of the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies. The university's athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are collectively known as the Western Michigan Broncos. They compete in the Mid-American Conference for most sports.
Kalamazoo is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo is located geographically in Western and Southern Michigan. As of the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a total population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010.
1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, United States
+1 269-387-1000
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