The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 201
of light passing over them.In the middle of the eighteenth century the astronomer Pingre drewlines for two dials upon the column, but none of these remain. In 1763 an elaborate arrangement of meridian and hour lines, withtables of comparison showing the time of day in different parts of theworld,… … CHATEAU DEJOSSELIN. FOREIGN DIALS 169 on the different flights of stairs, and the light was thrown on them frommirrors placed horizontally over the windows. By this means therewas shown in lines and letters of different colours: (i) the Frenchhours ; (2) the Italian hours ; (3) the Babylonian hours…
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