. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Portable Sun-dials 151 sphere are projected upon a plane, instead of beingindicated bv rings or bands. The time is oftenshown by an adjustable bead which can be movedup and down upon a movable string, — a plumb-line. There were manv shapes of these quadrantdials, some being of great quaintness and beauty,such as the ship-dial — made in the form of aturreted ship with a slider on the ships mast andan ingenious arrangement for adjustment. A lyre-shaped hori-zontal an
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Portable Sun-dials 151 sphere are projected upon a plane, instead of beingindicated bv rings or bands. The time is oftenshown by an adjustable bead which can be movedup and down upon a movable string, — a plumb-line. There were manv shapes of these quadrantdials, some being of great quaintness and beauty,such as the ship-dial — made in the form of aturreted ship with a slider on the ships mast andan ingenious arrangement for adjustment. A lyre-shaped hori-zontal and an-alemmatic dialbelonging toMr. Evans ispictured onthis page. Itsdate is ofunusual shape,with a mova-ble gnomon, isgiven on page135. This is the Thevenot dial. Hinged gnomonsare found on many portable dials. A very fine equinoctial universal dial owned by the author is dated 1764 and marked r- t^n- j- -n- i ^ l^ratelli di Bianchv. These dials were very costlv, and were sometimes ordered by foreign governments for battleships or royal vessels. A similar one owned by Mr. Evans is given on page 152. This was
Size: 1468px × 1702px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectsundial, bookyear1902
