Julien Coyne invented a digital sundial. Sundials usually cast a line or triangle to indicate the hour. This one is designed so that when light passes through, it displays the shapes of numbers.

“We feel so lucky to now house one of two sundials on the North American Sundial Society Registry in Woodland,” according to a Nature Preserve spokeswoman. Williams installed the first ...

This is a horizontal compass sundial, made of gilded silver. It is of 'Butterfield' type, named after English manufacturer Michael Butterfield, who popularised the adjustable bird gnomon.