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 82
osition that on sighting from one to theother the North Star will be in exact range. Drivetwo stakes exactly in the place of the two plumb-lines, and when the shadow at noon of one stake Noon-marks, Spot-dials, Window-dials 45 extends precisely to the other stake, that shadow-linemakes an accurate… … Sun-dial at Elm Hirst, Wilmslow, England, about an inch in diameter is inserted in a window.Through this opening shine the rays of the sun,throwing a bright spot of light, which at noon fallson the meridian line. This contrivance at Dur-ham Cathedral forms one of a class called spot-dials, or when…
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