The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 693
on as theearth s axis. This may be broughtabout in two ways. In one, a littlehole is made through the metaldisk, close to the style, and then,on a clear night, the dial is soplaced that by looking through thishole, the north star is brought intoline with the style. In the otherllmethod a triangle… … SUN-DIALS 685 SUN-DIALS piece of metal marked off in de-grees, called a protractor, whichcan be bought of any dealer in draw-ing materials. Fix this triangle,with the aid of a compass, so thatthe end B points due north and thebase BC is horizontal. Then fixthe dial so that the style pointsalong the…
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