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   The dial was carefully levelled, and set with an accurate clock.  It keeps time within +/- 2 minutes, year-round.

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If you'd like a dial like this custom-made for you, contact Mike Manning at About Time, Surrey, England.

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  A close-up of the brass dial, and the poem, dedicated to Teresa.
  The pointer, or gnomon, is precisely milled so that the angle equals the local latitude.

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   The equation of time, used to adjust for the varying speed of the earth around the sun.
    The latitude and longitude of the garden was measured from a hand-held Global Positioning Satellite unit.
    The coordinates were given to Mike, who used them to precisely create the sundial face using a computer program.
    This is what makes the sundial so accurate, but it will only work properly within a 20-mile radius of this geographic point.

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   Looking back through the coral roses at the fountain.
    The granite base is 16 inches across, and was custom-made by a kitchen countertop manufacturer.
    The painted concrete pedestal was part of a birdbath, ordered from Home Base Co.

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   The dial nestles into the roses during the last big bloom of the year, in November.