Nate raises his hand and says "Professor could that be a sundial." Nate was interested in the thing.

Justin thought on it for a moment then piped up an answer," Professor, I believe that they are sundials. "

Having the feeling that someone was staring at him, Daichi looked around only to make eye contact with Louisa. His cheeks went red again as the Ravenclaw mentioned the slippers and on the look on her face she didn't like it. EH? Who didn't like duck slippers?! They were cool and comfy so HMPF!

Turning his attention back to the class, the Slytherin watched as the Professor took something oit of a box. Daichi looked at it and it looked so familiar to him! He couldn't quiet grasp what it was though...

Trying to recall his memory because he was sure he had seen it before, Daichi bit his lip and frowned slightly deep in thought. "Professor?!" he suddenly exclaimed as he looked back up. His dark brown eyes started to get their usual spark back "is that a sundial? I think it measures the time from the position of the sun..."

Ooh points for his right answer? That plus his new comfy slippers and robes put Auggie in a good mood for the rest of the lesson. He scribbled down the more cohesive answer to the previous question that Professor Roslund gave them and then looked up when the man showed them the item in the box that they needed to identify.

"Professor that looks like some sort of sun dial." He had seen many different kinds over the years, his mother had one on the porch of their flat actually. "Sir they are used by casting a shadow from the pointy part onto the other section to see what time it is. In the Muggle world these are used more commonly as decorations though rather than for their practical uses." The Gryffindor then lowered his hand. His mom's was bigger than that and made up of stone.

Taylor rose her hand, "Professor that is an armillary sundial. It is used for tracking time by the movement of the sun in the sky.... well from Earth's spinning, which makes the sun look like it is moving across the sky i mean." She blushed in embarassment.

Alright, three more points for Hufflepuff! I hope I can get even more for us so we can catch up to Ravenclaw...

But the question was, what is that thing? Um, it's gotta be some type of sundial or something similar. Shoot, what is the name of that...? We've learned about it before.

He knew it started with A.. Astro, army, armillary! His hands flew into the air. "Professor Roslund, is that an armillary sundial? I remember hearing about them from years ago, I think. You would set it on a flat surface and have hour lines drawn on it. Then the shadow from the sunlight will be able to tell you what time of day it is. But you would have to make sure that your sundial is properly aligned with the sun's poles, or it will slowly get off kilter."

So it's use, then... "Basically it's for telling time, but now we have watches and clocks so it's not as important as it used to be."

Selina looked at the funny object that Professor Roslund had whipped out for the class. Her blue eyes scanned the funny looking round thing and thought really hard. What in merlin's name was that thing. It looked so funny to her and she could not, for the life of her, figure out what it was. Her hand shot up in the air and she said, "It looks like some kind of sun dial... But that is just a guesstimation."

Sierra cast a smirk of a grin in no one's particular direction. Why was this? Oh, something about the sound of '5 points to Slytherin' just tended to put her in the best of moods. The class was moving on, though, so she changed her look into one of determination as she looked forward at what the professor was showing them.

"That's an armillary sundial," she pointed out, raising her hand. "That little part in the middle, the one shaped like an arrow, will cast a shadow on the other bar depending on the position of the Sun. You can use the numbers on the other bar to figure out what time it is."

Kimalia had her chin resting on her closed fist concentrating on that odd object. At least she gotten herself some points for the house, that was quite an achievement given a subject she wasn't particularly gifted in.

Now... what was that thing? It looked like one of those wacky machines muggles used to tell which way the wind blew. How did she know that? Well, one of her neighbors as a child had one but she didn't know anything else other than that. Since this wasn't muggle studies then.. Raising her hand, "Is it used to detect err, a star's position?"

Zhenya had a good look at the object, and thought she knew what it was. So she raised her hand and said "professor I think that is a sundial and it is used with the sun and it's shadows as a way of reading the time," she said

Alyssa looked at the object before raising her hand. "Professor, like the others have said, that object is an Armillary Sundial and it was designed centuries ago to measure time by the position of the Sun and how it casts a shadow from a thin rod or sharp straight edge onto a surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day."

Gideon copied down the professor's summation just in case, for one never knew when anything that made sense might be needed. He then looked over at the object that was revealed, raising his hand almost immediately quite familiar with one.There was a least one in the garden at home and occasionally used if Celeste Gert was being creative. "That would be an armillery sundial," he answered lowering his hand. "A way of telling time by the position of the sun and the shadow it made. More three-dimensional then a horizontal sundial which is another common form."

Lily didn't know what the thing was called. It looked like something she had seen in her mother's garden, but she never knew what it did or what it was. Lily figured however to take a guess as to what it was. So she raised her hand before answering, "It looks similar to something my mum has in her garden. I think it can be used as a clock or something like that based on the sun's position." Lily figured that since this professor gave out points based on their answers, she should at least attempt at an answer.

Sophie had no idea what that thing was. But it had an arrow-like thingy. So she could guess, at least. She raised her hand. "Professor, is this to track stars or something? Like, this arrow moves around when the stars move! Or maybe planets..." she frowned a little while thinking. "Or when we want to find a specific star, it points towards it and shows us where it is!" Those were the only things that came to Sophie's mind for now.

Angelina has seen that thing before, so she knew straight off what it was. Raising her hand she said, "Professor that is a Armillary Sundial, it measures the time of the potion of the sun, helping casting the hours of the day. Also you must point the arrow towards true celestial north." She said this all without stopping for berth and she was a bit tired, but luckily she probably got it right.

Alex knew what that was, but he had no idea how to use it. After using watches for...well, his whole life, the whole shadow thing just confused him. Still, he raised his hand. "That's a sundial, professor. That's how they used to tell time before people made clocks and stuff," he explained.

Eva was pleased to hear that she got a few points from Astronomy as she had always been confused or not pay attention with a subject like this. But she was happy to know that Professor Roslund was a very nice Professor so far and had been kind enough to give her points to her house.

As she hear Professor Roslund show the class of a weird object that resembeled a sundial. She hadn't seen one of those that she could remember but she positive it was a sundial. "Professor, is that a sundial? Or if I need to, is it an armillary sundial." Eva said with a positive look on her face. "A sundial is used for measuring time by the position on were the sun is." Eva said again pretty positive she was correct.

Laura smiled at the Professor. "It's a circle thing with a spear in." Laura had no idea what it was but well that's what it looked like it was some sort of spear holder.

Earning points for Slytherin made Sky smile. And silently gloat a little. In fact, she was gloating so much that she almost missed the next question. It was only when Professor Roslund placed the object on his desk that Sky registered the question. She quickly raised her hand and answered, "That's a sundial. They're used to tell time." Or were in Ancient Rome, but she didn't point that fact out.

Glenn swelled with pride at having won some points for Hufflepuff, if they were going to get past second place they'd need all the help they can get. Glenn looked at the object on the on the desk and raised her hand, "It's a sun dial, in Ancient Rome they used them to tell the time from the sun's position before someone invented clocks." She had read that in a muggle history book, her mother, a muggle, insisted on her knowing history of not just wizards and witches but muggles as well.

It looked like a globe with an arrow through it. What in the world? O_____o

Although he might have an idea what it was. "Is it a sundial, professor? If it is, then it's used to measure the position of the sun," said Hades after putting his hand up. It wasn't something you can find in normal household items since the clock was already invented.

Vlimia beamed as she was awarded a few precious house points. Lovely. Now the proffesor was asking about an object that Vlimia knew all about. In fact, she even had one at home! YES!
Vlim's hand shot up in the air eagerly, and she said "That, proffesor, is an armillary sundial. It measures time using the positioning of the sun. As the sun moves across the sky, the shadowed edge covers the corresponding hour-line until the sun sets." Vlimia answered. And that was why sundials weren't always the best. Because if you wanted to know what time it was at nighttime, you simply couldn't. The trademark saying 'What are you doing, it 3 in the morning?!' would be reduced to 'What are you doing, the sun has set?!'. Not as effective.

Harvey smiled as he heard that he had earned some points in this class.. and that lifted his spirits as the professor asked a new question concerning a certain object. Harvey would have answered but as he listened to everyone and they were all virtually saying the same thing so he did not answer this question and instead listened to all the answers and noted them down on his piece of parchment.

Akira studied the metal thing and remembered something, about the thing that looks like this in her father's rock garden. She raised her hand and answered,

"Professor Roslund, if I remember it correctly, it is a sundial. A device used to measure the time using the position of the Sun. Particularly, that is an armillary spherical sundial. Is it usually made of silicon bronze and modeled on celestial sphere. It casts the time-telling shadow on the equatorial ring."

she took notes after answering.

SPOILER!!: Correct answers, 3 points to all of you

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Originally Posted by Poolicious

Messer sat up a little straighter when the Professor showed them the object. Oh. Oh. He know that object his Nana has one in her garden. He raised his hand up in the air. "Its an Armillary Sundail, Sir." he said. "Its one of the simplest forms of the armillary sphere and its a device that used to measure time by the position of the Sun but now some people also used the armillary sphere as a garden decoration." Like his Nana for example.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella shrugged her shoulders. She had never seen an object like that before and her classmates had said it was some sort of sundial. She raised her hand, curious about something. "Professor, are there different types of sundials? My mother has one in our garden at home but it is flat and has a handle looking thing sticking up from it."

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva put up her hand "Professor is it a sort of sundial. Sundials are used for measuring time based on the position of the sun. People can tell time with this based on where the shadow of the arrows are pointing."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Jory looked at the strange object. He raised his hand. "Its a sundial, Professor, which measures time from the position of the Sun.'' Jory knew a bit about sundials from a computer game he played at home.

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Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Army? Armilly? Milliary? Oh, right. It was Armilliary. Elise raised her hand, making sure the folds of the robe didn't completely obscure it. "It's an ar-mill-i-ary sundial," she said, making sure not to get the pronunciation wrong. "A sundial in general is used to tell the time based on the shadow the pointer - err, shadows?- on the dial. It tracks the sun's movement, and tells the time that way."
Lowering her hand, she wrote more notes as she listened to the other students answers.

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

Hurrying to copy down the information the professor repeated, Lewis rubbed his eyes and forehead with his left hand, trying to get his concentration back. When Professor Roslund mentioned an object, the Hufflepuff looked up slowly and focused on what was on the professor's desk. "Well, it looks like a sundial, professor. And if it is, then it's used to tell what time it is." Lewis answered with his left hand raised.

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Raising her hand she spoke, "It's an armillary sundial, right sir?" Yep, it looked like one. "The sundial, in general, tells time by the movement of the shadow the pointer casts upon the dial, which marks the hours of the day." Pause. "The shadow moves as the sun changes position in the sky throughout the day, and the dial tracks this movement." She couldn't really see how this armillary sundial would work, though. The same technique of course but.. never saw it in motion.

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Originally Posted by Squishy ♥

Staring at the object they had to identify, she raised her hand. "I believe that it's an armillary sundial." Or some kind of sundial. "And it works like sundials do. It basically tracks the time via the sun and the shadows it casts on earth."

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Slowly, Kurumi raised her hand. "I am not sure, but I think that that is an Armillary sundail." She cocked her head to the right again to look at it a bit more. "You...use that pole in the middle, the one that looks like an arrow, to tell the time of day from the shadow cast on the equatorial ring which is that band like object with Roman numerals."

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Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill

‘A sundial, perhaps?’, she said and scanned the object. It looked a lot like the ancient watch made of stone her gran had in her back yard Isn’t that it? ‘And it is used to tell the time by the position of the Sun…’ IF the object was indeed the one she mentioned.

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Originally Posted by nups21

She had seen one of those in the museum she had visited with her father. Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Professor I think it is a type of sundial.." What had her father told her? army.. something... armillary? yup, that was it, "yeah, um.. armillary sundial. It is, or actually was used for tracking time and date via observing shadows of sun cast by it.." Well, now they had watches and calenders for that!

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Originally Posted by alchemist_18

"It is armillary sphere sundial. A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun." she answered it.

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

Justin thought on it for a moment then piped up an answer," Professor, I believe that they are sundials. "

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Originally Posted by natethegreat

Nate raises his hand and says "Professor could that be a sundial." Nate was interested in the thing.

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

Trying to recall his memory because he was sure he had seen it before, Daichi bit his lip and frowned slightly deep in thought. "Professor?!" he suddenly exclaimed as he looked back up. His dark brown eyes started to get their usual spark back "is that a sundial? I think it measures the time from the position of the sun..."

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

"Professor that looks like some sort of sun dial." He had seen many different kinds over the years, his mother had one on the porch of their flat actually. "Sir they are used by casting a shadow from the pointy part onto the other section to see what time it is. In the Muggle world these are used more commonly as decorations though rather than for their practical uses." The Gryffindor then lowered his hand. His mom's was bigger than that and made up of stone.

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Originally Posted by Cassandra

Taylor rose her hand, "Professor that is an armillary sundial. It is used for tracking time by the movement of the sun in the sky.... well from Earth's spinning, which makes the sun look like it is moving across the sky i mean." She blushed in embarassment.

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

He knew it started with A.. Astro, army, armillary! His hands flew into the air. "Professor Roslund, is that an armillary sundial? I remember hearing about them from years ago, I think. You would set it on a flat surface and have hour lines drawn on it. Then the shadow from the sunlight will be able to tell you what time of day it is. But you would have to make sure that your sundial is properly aligned with the sun's poles, or it will slowly get off kilter."
So it's use, then... "Basically it's for telling time, but now we have watches and clocks so it's not as important as it used to be."

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Selina looked at the funny object that Professor Roslund had whipped out for the class. Her blue eyes scanned the funny looking round thing and thought really hard. What in merlin's name was that thing. It looked so funny to her and she could not, for the life of her, figure out what it was. Her hand shot up in the air and she said, "It looks like some kind of sun dial... But that is just a guesstimation."

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"That's an armillary sundial," she pointed out, raising her hand. "That little part in the middle, the one shaped like an arrow, will cast a shadow on the other bar depending on the position of the Sun. You can use the numbers on the other bar to figure out what time it is."

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa looked at the object before raising her hand. "Professor, like the others have said, that object is an Armillary Sundial and it was designed centuries ago to measure time by the position of the Sun and how it casts a shadow from a thin rod or sharp straight edge onto a surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day."

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya had a good look at the object, and thought she knew what it was. So she raised her hand and said "professor I think that is a sundial and it is used with the sun and it's shadows as a way of reading the time," she said

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Originally Posted by Macavity

There was a least one in the garden at home and occasionally used if Celeste Gert was being creative. "That would be an armillery sundial," he answered lowering his hand. "A way of telling time by the position of the sun and the shadow it made. More three-dimensional then a horizontal sundial which is another common form."

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Originally Posted by Katergirl

Angelina has seen that thing before, so she knew straight off what it was. Raising her hand she said, "Professor that is a Armillary Sundial, it measures the time of the potion of the sun, helping casting the hours of the day. Also you must point the arrow towards true celestial north." She said this all without stopping for berth and she was a bit tired, but luckily she probably got it right.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Alex knew what that was, but he had no idea how to use it. After using watches for...well, his whole life, the whole shadow thing just confused him. Still, he raised his hand. "That's a sundial, professor. That's how they used to tell time before people made clocks and stuff," he explained.

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Originally Posted by Eve.

As she hear Professor Roslund show the class of a weird object that resembeled a sundial. She hadn't seen one of those that she could remember but she positive it was a sundial. "Professor, is that a sundial? Or if I need to, is it an armillary sundial." Eva said with a positive look on her face. "A sundial is used for measuring time by the position on were the sun is." Eva said again pretty positive she was correct.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Earning points for Slytherin made Sky smile. And silently gloat a little. In fact, she was gloating so much that she almost missed the next question. It was only when Professor Roslund placed the object on his desk that Sky registered the question. She quickly raised her hand and answered, "That's a sundial. They're used to tell time." Or were in Ancient Rome, but she didn't point that fact out.

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Originally Posted by Gabrielle

Glenn swelled with pride at having won some points for Hufflepuff, if they were going to get past second place they'd need all the help they can get. Glenn looked at the object on the on the desk and raised her hand, "It's a sun dial, in Ancient Rome they used them to tell the time from the sun's position before someone invented clocks." She had read that in a muggle history book, her mother, a muggle, insisted on her knowing history of not just wizards and witches but muggles as well.

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Originally Posted by sevensnared

Although he might have an idea what it was. "Is it a sundial, professor? If it is, then it's used to measure the position of the sun," said Hades after putting his hand up. It wasn't something you can find in normal household items since the clock was already invented.

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Originally Posted by GinevraWeasley

Vlim's hand shot up in the air eagerly, and she said "That, proffesor, is an armillary sundial. It measures time using the positioning of the sun. As the sun moves across the sky, the shadowed edge covers the corresponding hour-line until the sun sets." Vlimia answered. And that was why sundials weren't always the best. Because if you wanted to know what time it was at nighttime, you simply couldn't. The trademark saying 'What are you doing, it 3 in the morning?!' would be reduced to 'What are you doing, the sun has set?!'. Not as effective.

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Originally Posted by aureus_aura

"Professor Roslund, if I remember it correctly, it is a sundial. A device used to measure the time using the position of the Sun. Particularly, that is an armillary spherical sundial. Is it usually made of silicon bronze and modeled on celestial sphere. It casts the time-telling shadow on the equatorial ring."

she took notes after answering.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura smiled at the Professor. "It's a circle thing with a spear in." Laura had no idea what it was but well that's what it looked like it was some sort of spear holder.

Turning his attention to Laura he kept his laughter at bay as Edvard responded "Yes in one sense you are correct it looks like a circle thing with a spear in the middle." Placing a hand on the sundial he continued "This is an armillary sun dial laura which people have used for a long time to tell the time of day." Unfortunately Laura wasn’t correct enough to get points.

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Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter

Lily didn't know what the thing was called. It looked like something she had seen in her mother's garden, but she never knew what it did or what it was. Lily figured however to take a guess as to what it was. So she raised her hand before answering, "It looks similar to something my mum has in her garden. I think it can be used as a clock or something like that based on the sun's position." Lily figured that since this professor gave out points based on their answers, she should at least attempt at an answer.

Shifting his gaze to Lily he nodded "These objects which are called sun dials are often found in gardens as decoration. It is a type of clock or old construction you could say that tells time with the help of the sun. 2 points to Ravenclaw."

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Originally Posted by jujune29th

Sophie had no idea what that thing was. But it had an arrow-like thingy. So she could guess, at least. She raised her hand. "Professor, is this to track stars or something? Like, this arrow moves around when the stars move! Or maybe planets..." she frowned a little while thinking. "Or when we want to find a specific star, it points towards it and shows us where it is!" Those were the only things that came to Sophie's mind for now.

Turning to face Sophie he listened to her and then responded "I’m sorry Sophie but this object which is a type of sun dial is not used to track stars or planets over the sky or even pinpoint a certain star we might be looking for. A sun dial is used to tell time."

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Originally Posted by Kimalia

Now... what was that thing? It looked like one of those wacky machines muggles used to tell which way the wind blew. How did she know that? Well, one of her neighbors as a child had one but she didn't know anything else other than that. Since this wasn't muggle studies then.. Raising her hand, "Is it used to detect err, a star's position?"

"I’m sorry Kimalia but this object which is a type of sun dial is not used to track stars or planets over the sky or even pinpoint a certain star we might be looking for. A sun dial is used to tell time." Professor Roslund saidö.

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

Could she give an example beside it being cool? Of course she could. Indy smiled at Professor Roslund. She wasn't stupid. Of course she knew some more examples. "Well, we can use astronomy with herbology, like using the different moon phases for planting and harvesting different types of plants. So it's important we learn what the different moon phases are." She nodded with a smile. Would that be enough? Because it was kind of what they had learnt last year.

Now she needed to answer the next question. Indy mused, looking at the thing. It kind of looked familar. She mused, raising her hand. "Is it a armillary sundial." She hoped so anyway. Now what did it do? "and I think its used in positional astronomy, and navigation. I also think it can be used to tell the time using the sun."

Turning his full attention to Indiana he said "Good, now that was what I was looking for 2 points for you example to show how astronomy is important in herbology when it comes to plant growth. And you get another 3 points for knowing that the object on my desk is an armillary sun dial."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Hannah looked at the item the professor was asking about and she wasn't really sure what the answer was but she didn't want to seem like a slacker so she raised her hand and answered "I think it is used for measurements of the planets professor." Atleast she hoped that she was on the right track.

"I’m sorry Hannah but this is an armillary sun dial and it’s not used to measure planets as much as it is time. People have used sundial for centuries to tell time of day." Professor Roslund replied.

Turning to face the whole class Edvard spoke in a voice which could be heard all around the classroom, both in the back as well as the front. "As the majority of you have correctly said the object on my desk is a sun dial of the armillary type." He paused to push the sun dial a forward’s for it to be in the student’s eye more.

Pointing to the pole in middle Edvard continued "The pole in the middle that has an arrow shape you look at when you want to know the time of depending on the shadow it casts on the equatorial ring which is the band like object with Roman numerals on it. You use the numeral band to figure out what time it is." Stopping mid sentence he moved his hand to the band to show what he meant.

"The sun dials were first invented in Ancient Rome as a way a long time ago to measure time before people invented the first clocks. Sun dials are nowadays very often used as a pretty garden decoration rather than something you look at to know what the current time is. The clocks we use now are better and more reliable than a sun dial since they are not dependent on sun light."

"One last question on the sun dial before we move on. Do you think a sun dial still can be of use to us wizards and witches today in the modern wizarding world? Or has it been degraded to only be a mere garden decoration instead of an important object."