Towneley Sundial

This sundial on the wall of Towneley Hall, Burnley commemorates Richard Towneley 1629 - 1707.  He was in fact a very clever man and held in high regard by the other clever men of the time.
He was a distinguished astronomer and an eminent mathematician. He was the first person to make systematic records of the rainfall in England.and did so for over 15 years.  When he published his results he wrote that at Burnley there was twice the quantity of rain that fell in Paris......... He further claimed that the Eastern parts of Lancashire were subject to more rain than Yorkshire due to clouds driven by South West winds falling as rain on the high Pennine hills that divide the two counties.....
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