The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-07-16

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y Tie United 1.atss the Oldest timo-
1l4ue i1 tae famous Euui1ott zundlal.
f4a4e IN Loncoa il lssu. and Il vaA
Drought - t.ll1 counuT The same yeI.l
W Gov. Eoaleott ar the time he
rfeaoAt tAe 14et Of anipz laden win
AAmisranls ID settle Ia and around
2aiem. Ihe tIal stood for great
anmber OF yef4 il front q the rrai-
'eit mansion v saiela, aud WIS IN tne
na.ids OF tie faMlsy untii 90 or ~
years ago. rtra II WAS placed IN the
care OF i1e Aaar ln4ia 4iariae 5ociety
q Salem. 1Ae E1eists. Held u ia trest
until 14oa. vA1a il ca-lle into he pos
session OF gAs Issaz i1stitute. Wne1o
Il row RESTS "A glass case Ia The nau-
scum.
Being unable 10 reclaim he original.
members 81 lie lastly have on uirer-
pnt occaeiprs h4d rpplieas nadcs 10
bronze and s,acc4 uear their Iesi-
dences. Pho Eca l.ai the King Aiiaz,
who lived sz ysa44 seia4e Christ ie
The first dial On record ia the world.
This dial was a graduated instrument
having degree marks of some kind
which showed the dNily course OF tho
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WAS known Ia Jerusalem as ehrly as
seven centuries before CHRIST and the
manner OF its meatlon indicates tnat il
was novelty 10 that city at mat time.
The sun dial took many forms The
art OF dialing involved nethauatical
problems OF considerable complexlty.
and Il Is very Likely tnAt this contrib-
uted to the knowledge OF mathema les
which the world possessed at thet
early period.
Imperfect sun dials were common in
Rome about century and ha.f be-
fore the Christian era. so common, in
deed. that as new inventions nowadays
AFFORD material for the paragraphrr.
they were targets for the funny men Of
the period.
The Romans later perfected sun
dial suitable to their latitude whicA
was much more accurate. The dial
waa later adopted and improved ly
European nations. and sofna very ac-
cutato ones were made by qlockmalzera
throughout Europe. A dial, or ratner
series Of dials Of every conceivable
description forming a structure, Was
eiected IN Whitehall, London, in 1868,
by order Of King Charles III. ii was
the invention Of Francis Hallsa Jesuit
and professor OF mathematics at Liegc.
Vertical dtals, intlinlng dials and dials
for showing time, as compated Dy var
ious nations at different periods, were
all included and ranged on platforms.
OF these bowls or brackets appear to
have been the mosc attractive One,
on the first platform to show the hour
by fire, consisted OF a little glass bowl
hllrd VIA clear water This bowl was
about three inches In diameter and
was placed in the middle OF another
sphere. about six inches in diameter.
consisting OF several rings or circles.
representing the hour circles In rha
heavens. The hour was known BY APP
plying the hand to these circles when
the sun shcne. and that circle where
the hand felt burned by the sun
beams passing through the bowl fllod
with water showed the true hour
King Alfred measured time by burn-
Ing candles, marked with circular lines
to indicate the hours. la geniouss de-
vices we're adopted to prevent draughts
from striking the flame, and thus. as
1t were, make time speed on Its flight
by melting the tallow of the candle
before it was burned but this was a
very imperfect method OF timekeeplng
boston Globe.