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 [{{ :sundial.jpg?200|Late 18th century polyhedral sundial in Funston Memorial Garden. Photo credit: Fred Sawyer, 2022.}}] [{{ :sundial.jpg?200|Late 18th century polyhedral sundial in Funston Memorial Garden. Photo credit: Fred Sawyer, 2022.}}]
  
-In April 1919, the Class of 1888 (arranged by Louis W. Downes of Providence, R.I.) presented the College with a new sundial which is located outside [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] on the path heading toward the [[chapel|Chapel]]. According to the 1957 //[[bulletin|Bulletin]]//, "Trinity's old friend is not calibrated to correct for the variations which obtain throughout the year, and so "it still must be cherished more for ornamental and sentimental considerations than for its practical value." +In April 1919, the Class of 1888 (arranged by Louis W. Downes of Providence, R.I.) presented the College with a new sundial which is located outside [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] on the path heading toward the [[chapel|Chapel]]. According to the 1957 //[[bulletin|Bulletin]]//, "Trinity's old friend is not calibrated to correct for the variations which obtain throughout the year," so "it still must be cherished more for ornamental and sentimental considerations than for its practical value." 
  
 The new sundial attracted a great deal of attention. In the May 27, 1919 //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the student staff wrote that "people interested in sundials have come many miles to see it." The May 27, 1919 //Tripod// states that the students were "planning to start a fund very soon, with which we will build another and larger sundial at the corner of the athletic field to complete the triangle." Assuming the triangle already had two points, these would be the 1872 and 1888 sundials. The new sundial attracted a great deal of attention. In the May 27, 1919 //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the student staff wrote that "people interested in sundials have come many miles to see it." The May 27, 1919 //Tripod// states that the students were "planning to start a fund very soon, with which we will build another and larger sundial at the corner of the athletic field to complete the triangle." Assuming the triangle already had two points, these would be the 1872 and 1888 sundials.
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 Today, the Class of 1888 sundial still stands at its original location.  Today, the Class of 1888 sundial still stands at its original location. 
  
-Trinity also hosts a pillar 18th-century polyhedral sundial located at the Funston Memorial Garden outside the Chapel. The inscription on it states that it originated from the Abbey at Storrington, Sussex, England. +Trinity also hosts a pillar 18th-century polyhedral sundial located at the Funston Memorial Garden outside the Chapel. Installed in 1965, the inscription on it states that it originated from the Abbey at Storrington, Sussex, England. 
  
 The whereabouts of the 1872 sundial are unknown. The whereabouts of the 1872 sundial are unknown.
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 [[https://sundials.org/index.php/sundial-registry/onedial/27|North American Sundial Registry (Sundial 27)]] [[https://sundials.org/index.php/sundial-registry/onedial/27|North American Sundial Registry (Sundial 27)]]
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1933&context=reporter|Trinity College Bulletin]], February 1957.+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/677/|Trinity Tripod]], 5/4/1965
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3109&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 05/27/1919. +[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.39172773|Trinity College Bulletin]], February 1957.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1151&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], 10/1/1881.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29391501|Trinity Tripod]], 5/27/1919. 
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], November 1872.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32643166|Trinity Tablet]], 10/1/1881.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], September 1872.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31709759|Trinity Tablet]], November 1872.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], July 1872.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31709715|Trinity Tablet]], September 1872. 
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 +[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31709713|Trinity Tablet]], July 1872.
  
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