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 190
oon hours downward and the after-noon hours upward. The suns altitude should also becomputed for the half hours. The quarter lines may bedrawn by the eye. Cut off the paper at line AC^ also atline BD^ also cut close to the top and bottom horizontallines. It is then fit to paste on the cylinder. I… … Standard of Dials, with Compass. From Fergusons Lectures. Portable Sun-dials 129 of the lines for a cylinder-dial for the latitude ofLondon were engraved on a sheet of strong paper andsold in large numbers. The story of James Ferguson, the self-taughtastronomer, the author of these rules, and his…
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