Horologium Achaz, Christophorus Schissler, artifex (1895)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : MacCalla & Co. · leaf 16
Achaz, who was the son of Jotham and the eleventh king ofJudah, about the year 771 B.C. went to Damascus to greet hisbenefactor, Tiglath Pileser. He saw there a beautiful altar, andsent working drawings of it to Uriah, the priest in Jerusalem. Analtar was completed against his return. He likewise… … HOROLOGIUM ACHAZ. BASE WITH COMPASS. ENGRAVED BASE PLATE. (size about two-thirds of original.) Horologitim Achaz {Christophorus Schissler, Artifex). 7 record, and is 140 years before Thales, and nearly 400 years beforeAristotle and Plato, and just a little previous to the lunar eclipsesobserved at…
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