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 192
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… … Brass Octahedral Block of Dials. while he served as a shepherd, and drawing what hecalled star-papers. His intelligence and applicationgained the interest of a gentlemans butler namedCantley, who, when the lad was sixteen years old,taught him to make sun-dials. Cantley must havebeen a remarkable…
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