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 268
Howard was born August 29th, i 588, and died in May, 1680.He first married Margaret, daughter of John Preston, Esq., of themanor of Furness ; and secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Henry W^id-drington of Widdrington Castle, Northumberland. Round the base of the dial-column the following inscription… … 234 SUN-DIALS 174. Defecerunt sicut fumus dies nostri. Otir days arc consultedlike smoke (Ps. cii. 3). Recorded in Bulletin Monumental. 1883. 175. Deficit sol, nemo respicit. 15 Maggio, 1839. A^one hims tolook ivhen clouds the sun conceal. Seen in i860 on the wall of the Italian Custom House at…
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