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 37
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 use of therailing round his shop as a kind of dial, according to which he adjustedhis watches. The shadow of the railing had been previously… … Svndia.1 lr»MHIDJToNE ^Mu/-evm. SIGNAL-GUN SUN-DIAL. which was fired by the rays of the sun being concentrated on a magni-fying glass so placed as to ignite the powder in the touch-hole whenthe sun reached its meridian height. The gun stood on a platformwhich was marked as a sun-dial, and…
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