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 67
o the dials ; they were anafter-thought. Within the walls there was a more ancient time-teller,a water-clock, which in the time of Varro had given its name to thetower, and at the top of the conical roof a bronze figure of a Tritonheld a wand and showed which way the wind blew. These all… … GREEK DIAL. BRITISH MUSEUM. senting the eight winds, with their names attached. The eight dialsare engraved on the walls below the frieze, and, as was ascertained byM. Delambre, the hours are shown with perfect accuracy. It isimpossible to say at what date these dials were made. Vitruviusmakes no…
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