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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 378

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hid. At Carville Hall, an old mansion on the Roman Wall, near Wallsend,is a fine old sun-dial with faces so that the i^ointer is parallel to the face[i.e., declining dials). The motto is perhaps of more recent date thanthe dial. (From a correspondent in The Guardian.) 811. NoN iiORAS NUMERO NISI… … 812. Nox NISI c.ELESTi RADIO. Not save bya ray from heaven (do I tell the tune). On the church porch at llaydon Bridge,Northumberland. The dial is square, andthe motto is above it, the words being dividedby a full-faced sun which emits rays all round.They bear an obvious moral signification.…

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