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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 160

An illustration from Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems, 1902, leaf 160
s an excellent astron-omer and dialler. Holbein also was interested inclock and dial making. He designed a time-meteras a gift for the king, which had on its summit aclock driven by wheel-work; below were forenoonand afternoon sun-dials, and still lower a clepsydra. The most interesting English… … Nicholas Kratzer, Deviser of Horologies to King Henry VIII of England. Ingeniose Diallers 105 design and workmanship it is worthy that greatmaster. On this page and page 106 are shown a sideand a front view of this exquisite dial. The instru-ment consists of nine dials arranged on a hollowblock of…

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