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17-NOV-2012 Aharon Golani

Jantar Mantar

The Jantar Mantar is an equinoctial sundial, consisting a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth's axis.
On either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle, parallel to the plane of the equator.
The instrument is intended to measure the time of day, correct to half a second and declination of the Sun and the other heavenly bodies.

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