Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 152
bydividing the distances between the points on the outer andinner circle, and where the lines from E intersect, will giveyou the marks for the halves and quarters. The minutes,if you choose to put them, can be spaced off with the eye; The Construction of Sun-dials 97 the lower circles can be… … Figure 3. In laying out a Dial in this way, no allowance has beenmade for the width or thickness of the Stile or Gnomon ; ifa thin Gnomon, say, Jg of an inch, is used, it is hardly nec-essary to make any allowance; but if you want to use aheavy Gnomon, say, -^^ or 1 inch thick, then instead of…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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