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 212
ey all showed the same hour. Still morebeautiful were the pocket-dials of ivory; with theirdelicate engraving and mellowed tint they seem anexquisite curio rather than a scientific instrument. Portable Sun-dials 147 One now in the United States National Museumis shown on this page. It is an… … Ivory Portable Dial. towns with the latitude of each are also engravedon this instrument. On page 148 are two ivory folding-dials. Thelarger is a beautiful French dial of about 1660;it is octagonal in shape ; 3 J inches by 2^ inches.Outside the cover there is an equinoctial dial. In-side are three…
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