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 79
as Juris-diction Stones. As itwas then the custom ofvarious great nations toreckon longitude fromtheir own capitals, — and a bad system it was, — ourRevolutionary ancestors promptly proposed that thenew nation should have its meridian line. On LEn-fants plan for the Federal city appears a mark for… … ^Toave. i 5ro«re I—A .J Drawing of the Meridian Stone ofthe United States of America. Noon-marks, Spot-dials, Window-dials 43 the streets, avenues, and appropriations, as theywere called, he began by drawing a true meridian linethrough the Congress House, or Capitol. But the Meridian Hill known to…
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