Old clocks and watches & their makers : being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 22
that, althoughthe position of the hour immediately preceding corresponds with theone immediately after noon, these divisions will not aswer for any ofthe remaining hours. Curious Meridian Dial.—The very ingeniously contrived meri-dian dial shown on the next page and reproduced from LHorlogerie by… … Fig. I.—Meridian Dial. 6 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers the centre of the discs shadow not only indicates accurately solar noonwhen it is bisected by the central vertical line, but also approxi-mately mean solar noon when it is centrally over a hne of thefigure-of-8 loop which allows for…
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