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The Equation of Time for a Sundial

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The equation of time gives the deviation of the apparent "time" determined by the position of the sun on a sundial, to the "mean time" based on uniform motion of the sun.

Contributed by: Stephen Wolfram (March 2011)
Based on a program by: Michael Trott
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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