. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Universal Ring-dial, with DiscAxis. Portable Sun-dials 139 position proper for the month of the year, as shownon the table of months marked on the axis. Anotherform of ring-dial is on the opposite page. Three full-sized figures of interesting ring-dialsowned by Mr. Evans is given on this page. One. Three Brass Ring-dials. is a brass ring-dial 2^ inches in diameter, madeabout 1760 by Proctor, and inscribed: — Set meRight Use meWell And ITime tell Number 2 is a small
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Universal Ring-dial, with DiscAxis. Portable Sun-dials 139 position proper for the month of the year, as shownon the table of months marked on the axis. Anotherform of ring-dial is on the opposite page. Three full-sized figures of interesting ring-dialsowned by Mr. Evans is given on this page. One. Three Brass Ring-dials. is a brass ring-dial 2^ inches in diameter, madeabout 1760 by Proctor, and inscribed: — Set meRight Use meWell And ITime tell Number 2 is a smaller brass ring i|- inches indiameter, called a seal-dial. This is an Englishdial dating about 1560. The seal has the initialsA. P. and an oak branch. Number 3 is a Germandial, date, 1698, differing from the ring-dial care-fully described, in that it has no sliding ring, buthas two holes opposite each other, one for use in 140 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday winter, one in summer. On this page is shown anEngHsh signet ring of silver, of about 1620. The crestis a dog. The dial is less than an inch in diameter. Its companion isa brass ring-dial,either Swiss orGerman ; i^^g-inches in diam-eter, and the ringis |- of an inchwide. This dif-fers also from thecommon type inhaving only oneset of hour lines,stamped on anextra piece ofbrass, curved,within the suitablefor rings were deemed also well fitted as mottoesf
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