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 188
e rules for the constructionrun thus : — Draw the right line aJB parallel to the top of thepaper, and with any convenient opening of the compassesset one foot in the end of the line at ^ as a centre, and Portable Sun-dials 127 with the other foot describe the arc JE. Divide it intoninety degrees.… … Diagram of Construction of Cylinder-dial. the longest day of the year at the place for which the dialis to serve. (At London it is sixty-two degrees.) Con-tinue these right lines till they meet the tangent line JC.Then from each point of meeting draw a straight line (atright angles to JC) across…
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