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 63
llel to theequator. Each arc traversed by the shadow would then be dividedinto twelve equal parts, and lines drawn through them, and thus thetemporary hours would be shown. No example of this class of dial was known to be in existence untilM. Renan discovered a fragment amongst the ruins of Oum el… … ROMAN DIAL FROM TOR PATERNO. Settele, Mem. sopra la forma delle Linee, etc., t8i6. ANTIQUE DIALS .•)/ museum of the Louvre was this curious sun-dial. Only a portion of itremains, and this shows three hour lines in the hollow surface of ablock of marble, the lower face of which is sloped according…
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