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 36
indeed, they are most common, but noneof us recollect any mottoes under them : though the Chinese have sucha habit of putting mottoes to everything, that it is more than likelythat sun-dials are no exception. They are probably ancient. Thereare sun-dials in Japan, for I had one in my garden.… … TURKISH WALL DIAL. u SUN-DIALS vided with mottoes, as is the case on old sun-dials in Europe. You willprobably remember the small bronze portable sun-dial every Japanesecarries about with him ; but I never saw a large fixed sun-dial anywhere,except at a watchmakers shop in Yokohama, who had made…
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