A solar dial is a type of time switch used primarily for controlling lighting. The benefit of a solar dial over a conventional 'on-off' time switch is...

the solar time must additionally be shifted for the official difference (usually one hour). This is also a correction that can be done on the dial, i.e...

but the outer calendar dial may be moved against the inner dial to compensate for the effect of the extra quarter-day in the solar year by turning the scale...

function in older lighting systems could be performed with the aid of a solar dial. Many street light systems are being connected underground instead of...

Dialling may refer to: Dialling (mathematics), the mathematics needed to determine solar time Dialling (telephony), making a telephone call This disambiguation...

a sufficiently translucent dial material over the now more efficient solar cells, enough light could pass through the dial face to power the movement...

fullscreen or circular (Series 4 or later only) Solar Dial—Depicts the Sun's path in circular form across a 24-hour dial (Series 4 or later only) Modular Compact—With...

Astronomical clocks usually represent the Solar System using the geocentric model. The center of the dial is often marked with a disc or sphere representing...

Architectonicidae family Sundial, an amusement ride in Planet Coaster Solar dial, a type of electric timer switch This disambiguation page lists articles...

(including a computus), an orrery (planetary dial), a display of the real position of the Sun and the Moon, and solar and lunar eclipses. The main attraction...

light are absorbed by a solar panel behind the crystal. The dial is either on a layer above or actually on the solar panel. This solar panel converts the light...

as a sun dial to tell time, if the approximate latitude and season is known, or to tell latitude, if the time is known or observed (at solar noon). It...

This dial shows the difference in minutes between the apparent solar time and the mean solar time. Positive values indicate that the apparent solar time...

Seven Dials is a road junction and neighbourhood in the St Giles district of the London Borough of Camden, within the greater Covent Garden area in the...

instead of mechanical spring tension. Solar powered watches are powered by light. A photovoltaic cell on the face (dial) of the watch converts light to electricity...

Ocean. The bottom of the tide clock dial (6 o'clock position) is marked "low tide" and the top of the tide clock dial (12 o'clock position) is marked "high...

somewhat archaic applied mathematics, dialling is the mathematics required to create a sundial face to determine solar time based on the position of the sun...

no hour lines on the dial and the time of day is read only on the ellipse. As with most sundials, analemmatic sundials mark solar time rather than clock...

(Bohemian, Old-Bohemian) hours (full-dial): 24 hours system with the day starting after sunset; on the static dial, the 24th hour was on the right side...

so do the stars. Both solar time and sidereal time make use of the regularity of Earth's rotation about its polar axis: solar time is reckoned according...

above the mean solar chapter ring. Aperture in the mean solar chapter ring for the annual calendar and apertures in the sidereal dial for the age and...

Tampa, Florida (closed) Georgia Polaris, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Sun Dial, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta (no longer revolves after 2017 accident)...

solar time. Equation clocks were invented to fill this need. Early equation clocks have a pointer that moves to show the equation of time on a dial or...

and calendar dials, and indicators for the sun, moon, and planets. It provided a continuous display of the major elements of the solar system and of...

(Very Fine Accuracy) or ‘Special’ on the dial. Many of these were of the "Vanac" sub-line and featured colorful dial faces and faceted crystals. Seiko produces...

bifilar dial is a type of sundial invented by the German mathematician Hugo Michnik in 1922. It has two non-touching threads parallel to the dial. Usually...

Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as that position varies over the course of a year. The diagram resembles...

dial or dials. The standard clock face, known universally throughout the world, has a short "hour hand" which indicates the hour on a circular dial of...

management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium led by the GMR Group. In September 2008, the airport inaugurated...

liquid-filled magnetic compass. Modern compasses usually use a magnetized needle or dial inside a capsule completely filled with a liquid (lamp oil, mineral oil,...