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 228
to suit the suns de-clination by means of the calendar at its northern end, the hour beingshown by the pointer just below this, and the minute on the clockface opposite by means of the little hand which is attached to, andturns with, a pinion geared into the toothed edge of the main dialplate.… … ENGLISH UNIVERSAI, RING DIAL, CIKCA 1620(SCALE, i). 194 SUN-DIALS Eiii^lish quadrant, shown in the ilhistration, is an early specimen of thisclass of dial. It is made of brass, and has on it the badge ot KingRichard II., and the date 1399, the last year of his reign, and is nowin the British…
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