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 222
they seem to havebeen made in the country about Bhutan and Eastern Nepal. Thestaves are octagonal with divisions and numerals carved on each sideto show the number of half hours froni sunrise or sunset; four of thesides having each to serve for two months. The gnomon, a smallstick or wire, is… … MODERN PYRENEANDIAL (scale, |-). Chaucer Society Publicalions, second series, No. 2, Part I., and No. 9, Part II. i88 SUN-DIALS one of which, showing the back of a German nocturnal dial of brass,dated about 1650, closely imitates the Herculaneum ham, exceptthat the gnomon is hinged to a sliding…
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