Richard Schmoyer’s Sunquest won the Sky and Telescope Sundial of the Year competition in 1966.

The Sunquest Sundial also was featured in several other publications, including:

• ALCOA Distributor. 1964.  Aluminum Views.  Fourth quarter issue, page 5.
• Aluminum Company of America. 1964.  ALCOA Aluminum News-Letter.  August issue, cover, page 3.
• Clark, Ken.  1997.  “Richard Schmoyer: A Pioneer Designer of Sundials.” Lancaster Era.  June 7, page A10.
• Cousins, Frank W. 1970.  Sundials: The Art and Science of Gnomonics. New York: Pica Press.
• Huffer, Charles M., Frederick E. Trinklein, and Mark Bunge.  1973.  An Introduction to Astronomy. Second Edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., page 105.
• Stong, C.L. 1959. “The Amateur Scientist” in Scientific American. Volume 200, Issue 5 (October), pages 185-198.
• Stong, C.L. 1960.  “A Sundial that Keeps Clock Time.”  The Scientific American Book of Projects for The Amateur Scientist.  New York:  Simon and Schuster, chapter 8.
• Waugh, Albert E.  1973.  Sundials: Their Theory and Construction. New York:  Dover Publications.

Additional Information:

• Technical Drawings 1958-1971 engineering drawings of the Sunquest sundial.
• Sunquest Gnomon 1958, high-resolution technical drawing of gnomon.
• Sunquest Sundial Drawing 1958, sketch of the complete sundial.
• Sunquest Manual 1959, early version of setup instructions.
• Sunquest Sundial Drawing 1965, sketch of the complete sundial.
• Sunquest Manual 1983, with instructions on how to machine, assemble, and setup the sundial.
• Southern Hemisphere 1971, design modifications for the southern hemisphere.
• Sunquest Brochure, promotional literature.