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Greetings!

> Dave Aronson asked:
> : >3. Does anyone out there know of any self-adjusting timepieces that
> : >would take this stretching and shrinking of hours into account?
> 
> I just purchased a device from the Franklin Mint that is very
> simple but seems to be relatively accurate (+/- 15 minutes),
> known as a Universal Ring Dial.

Yes, but as every other sundial, your Ring Dial is subject to the difference
betweem our modern, artificially designed concept of time and the time
indicated by the movement of the sun. This difference is called the Equation of
Time and varies between -15 minutes and +15 minutes and causes the "inaccuracy"
of your dial. Your dial is working perfectly well. The only way to compensate
for the Equation of Time is to adjust the dial every day for it.

	Ekkehart von Wartstein