SUNDIALS: Out from the Shadows (A Cliff Pelletier Memorial Lecture)
Schedule
Mon, 06 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
153 Vernon St W, Manchester, CT, United States, Connecticut 06042 | Vernon, CT
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On Monday, Oct. 6, 7 PM, expert Fred Sawyer will provide an overview of the 3,500-year history of the sundial as a scientific device -- perhaps humanity's first. Over that period, the
sundial has changed in diverse ways to accommodate our evolving concept of what it means to measure time. Many varieties of sundials will be discussed and illustrated with slides and actual instruments on display. Time will be allocated for the audience to ask questions about how the various unusual and unfamiliar dials work to let us order our days. This event is in memorial honor of UUSE member, Cliff Pelletier, who loved science and was very generous to UUSE.
Fred Sawyer is a retired actuary and longtime member of
UUSE. He graduated from Yale and the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in mathematics and philosophy and the History of Philosophy and Science. He is the President and editor of the North American Sundial Society and the Patron of the British Sundial Society. He is a featured speaker each year at the NASS conference in the U.S. and Canada and the BSS conference in England He has provided the layouts for a number sundials in Connecticut and has published nine books on Sciatherics -- the study of sundials.
THIS EVENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
ADULTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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Where is it happening?
153 Vernon St W, Manchester, CT, United States, Connecticut 06042, 153 Vernon St W, Manchester, CT 06042-2209, United States, VernonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
