. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . silver pocket-dial with compass,made by Le Maire inParis two hundred yearsago. When a plummetis added, this is deemedby modern dial-makersthe best of all the pocket-dials, for use by soldiers,colonists, and is so hinged that it can be folded very flat andthin, and takes but small space in the pocket. Thenames of various towns with their latitudes are given,and the arm is so marked that the proper angle forthe dial-face is easily found. The choicest si
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . silver pocket-dial with compass,made by Le Maire inParis two hundred yearsago. When a plummetis added, this is deemedby modern dial-makersthe best of all the pocket-dials, for use by soldiers,colonists, and is so hinged that it can be folded very flat andthin, and takes but small space in the pocket. Thenames of various towns with their latitudes are given,and the arm is so marked that the proper angle forthe dial-face is easily found. The choicest silver dials made in France wereoften furnished with shagreen or fish-skin cases to^r:;^^^^^^^ protect them, as were the watches of4^-^^fe^ those days. -:^-^\.: These fine French pocket-dials came I in various shapes, — oval, round, oc-f tagonal, oblong; and in Italy, a cross-shaped dial was made, holding areliquary. At Nuremberg inthe sixteenth andseventeenth centuriesportable dials weremade in great num-bers, a favorite formbeing that shown on this page. This is of brass andhas a compass and string gnomon, and elaborately. Brass Portable Dial, German, Portable Sun-dials 145 engraved astronomical tables. It bears the mottoOmnia fewer tit secli mutabilis or do 1571. Other noted dial-makers were Alexius and UlricusSchneip. On page 146 are two by these makers,and on this page one by V. S., dated 1572, probablyUlricus Schneip. These are all of gilt-brass, butvary decidedly in construction, and form quite astudy. The one with raised standard with plummetis dated 1578, and is made by Alexius Schneip. Theother on same page is dated will be noted that all the manyportable dials printed in this bookhave each some peculiarity of con-struction : no two are alike, manyare unique, no others are known,and nearly all are here made publicfor the first time. They merit afuller description, but any accurateaccounts would fill a book ratherthan a chapter. An odd German dial (date about17
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