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 185
y Shepherds-dials. The markings and Hnes are carefully shown withexact directions for making them. The gnomon iscalled in this treatise a style or indicator, and couldbe made of copper, of silver with a bit of lead meltedon it; it worked on a pin fastened in the lid. 124 Sun-dials and Roses of… … I \ - X V Two Boxwood Pillar-dials. and on the flat sides are the Hnes and letters thatprove it to be a sun-dial. Its date must be beforeA.D. 79. It was to b.e suspended by a ring and hada tail-piece which must have been the gnomon. Portable Sun-dials 125 A most interesting type of cylinder-dials…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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