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 89
its inclinededge as to project animage of the sun on tothe annular surface ofan opening through thegnomon. On this annular surface is inscribed a fig-ure 8 loop of two equidistant lines between whichthe image of the sun appears at local noon in somepart of the loop, varying with the time of the… … Cannon-dial at Arsenal, Frank-ford, Pennsylvania, Noon-marks, Spot-dials, Window-dials 51 There is something very suggestive of sentimentin the thought that in a spot-dial you tell the hourby a mark of light instead of shadow; and such adial needs a special motto. Several mottoes are given in…
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