1.

it all started, here in egypt or east africa, or the ancestors of ethiopia

2. then middle east, china, india
3. back to greek
4. rome
5. france, germany
6. culminated in brtain
7. gnomon ኖመን - the one who knows - if analyze...knowing the time...makes sense
8. drawn-gnomon-wise...means...so the stick will be perpendicular on earth's surface..the
shadow it 90 degree...so gives rise to the L shape geometry

a. the gnomon and its shadow form a right angle triangle. then the longest shadow will be
the the radius of the sundial.
b. the radius is computed by solving for ''b' in the pythagores equationi