小雁塔日晷初探

INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUNDIAL OF LESSER WILD GOOSE PAGODA

本文为小雁塔日晷定了名,并从构造原理、使用方法、年代推断三方面进行探讨,认为它是赤道式日晷,是隋唐时代的物品。

The sundial investigated is a cullection of Lesser Wild Goose Pagode Mu- seum.Therefore,it is called sundial of Lesser Wild Goose Pagoda.It is investi- gated in three ways:principle of structure,method of usage,and inference of period,it is considered that the type of it is a equatorial one,and it is con- structed during 7-th to 8-th century.