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 88
ans V. 13). Another use of a magnifying glass in a dial isshown in what are known as cannon-dials ; these arefound in several European towns. One is given onpage 49 which was made for the Sultan of Moroccoby Messrs F. Barker & Son of London. It is abeautiful instrument, being made of fine brass… … Cannon-dial of Sultan of Morocco. powder in a touchhole and fires the cannon. Smallsun-dials have been made after this pattern. There is an interesting and unusual lens-dial atFrankford Arsenal near Philadelphia, which ismounted on the muzzle of an old iron cannon setvertically in that part of the…
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