Variations on a theme...

[PearlyDewdrops]

Apologies. Materialised in the wrong timeline - again.

 

[morelikeasong]

Not a great photo but I found this clock at a thrift store and had it in my first apartment.

 

[sallysparrow23]

A sun dial. You step on the block showing what month it is, and then it shows the time on the numbers. This was taken around 10:00 am in June.

 

[Saltfountain]

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A sun dial. You step on the block showing what month it is, and then it shows the time on the numbers. This was taken around 10:00 am in June.

Why are there two 11s?

 

[Biggalute]

Time in the city

 

[LIDiver]

Why are there two 11s?

To counterweight the missing 8.

 

[SWR101]

Why are there two 11s?

My guess would be a particular time of year that’s where the 11 would land versus the rest?

 

[Saltfountain]

To counterweight the missing 8.

That was my follow up question...

 

[UnquietDreams]

Why are there two 11s?

To counterweight the missing 8.

8 doesn't exist.

 

[LIDiver]

8 doesn't exist.

because seven eight it?

 

[SWR101]

I thought 7 eight 9?

because seven eight it?

 

[LIDiver]

I thought 7 eight 9?

Not since 7 realized nine was high in sodium.

 

[orangecurious]

time in the sun
Pinhole camera and Kodak Ektar medium format film

 

[sallysparrow23]

Why are there two 11s?

Good question, I'm really not sure lol.

To counterweight the missing 8.

I didn't even notice this.

 

[Saltfountain]

Good question, I'm really not sure lol.

I didn't even notice this.

I assumed the answer was that time works differently on Gallifrey

 

[orangecurious]

Why are there two 11s?

Daylight savings... from a description of one in the UK

In this sun clock in Bushey there are two arcs of hour stones arranged around the plinth. The outer arc measures the shadow in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) hours, and the inner arc measures summer time (BST). Because people use gardens mostly on summer sunny days, this inner arc is used more than the outer arc.

 

[Saltfountain]

Daylight savings... from a description of one in the UK

Then why not two 12s, and where is the 8?

 

[orangecurious]

Then why not two 12s, and where is the 8?

maybe stolen/broken

 

[SWR101]

Good question, I'm really not sure lol.

I didn't even notice this.

To be fair I didn’t either till people mentioned it

 

[LIDiver]

Then why not two 12s, and where is the 8?

My theory:
It is an interactive sundial. You stand on the month, noting the present time, you can take the corresponding stone and put it where you shadow is. There would be multiple stones for more people to participate. And different heights of people would explain the misaligned stones.
This guess would also explain why the stones don’t appear to be cemented down.

Or it was constructed by Litsters.