The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-05-31
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fsys o. k~-pnx 1a'.ox OF Hours Rsfer,
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/ In the Untted States the oldett time
piece H. the mmoes End.0ott sundial
made in London w 1881. and Il Wal
trouRht 20 thia couHtry the same year
~ -ov. Bndisott at the tine he
, brought the Esst Of ships laden win
ix.rhigrants 10 settle in and around
1siem. The eial stood for great
number OF yeart In 'front.' Cf the krui-
colt manslsh a SaleIa. ana was IN the
hands oI the sammy until 60 OF ~
years aao. when II was placed 10 the
care Of tns haat India Marine Society
OF Salem. Tne society heid 1t Ia trust
until 1899, wAes 1t came into the pos
session OF tie Essex lnst,tute, wnei q
II now rests In a glass case IN the mu-
scum.
Being unable 10 reslaim tsa 4siginsl,
members ef the talniiY hav, a aifer-
ent occasions had repNeas made IN
bronx aao placed near their resi-
dences. The sun dial the King Ahaz,
who lived 74z years psIors Cnns,,
the first dial on record in the world
This dial was graduated instrument
having degree marks OF some kind
which showed the daily course of the
sun. The old tes.e ment tells us that II
was known in Jerusalem as early as
seven centuries before Christ and the
manner OF its mention indicates tnas II
was q novelty in that city at mat time.
The sun dial took many forms. TIE
arr oi d.aling involved mathematical
problems OF considerable oomplexity
sI.u II 10 very likely that this contrib
,i.ted 10 the knowledge OF mathema les
which the world possessed at thet
early period.
lnpalect sun dials we're common in
Rome about a century and half De
lore the Christian era. SO common, liz
Geea. that as new inventions nowadayh
sfforu material for the paragrapher
they were targets for the funny men OF
the period.
The Romans later perfected a sun
dial suitable TO their latitude, which
was much mere accurate. The dial
was later adopted and improved IyI
European nations. and some very &C.
curato ones we're made by clookmakeri
throughout Europe. A dial, OF ratheiI
= series Of dials of every conceivable
description forming a structure, Was
erected in Whitehall, London, In l6Gy
by order Of King Charles II. IL waa
the invention of Francis Hall, a Jesuit
and professor of mathematics at Liege.
Vertical disls. inclining dials and dialf
for showing time. as computed Dy var
ious nations at different periods, were
all included and ranged on platforms
OF theae bowls or brackets appear &c
have been the most attractive. One
op the FIRST platform to show the hou
BY IRE, consisted OF littla gisGs bow
hliod with clear water. Thlh bowl was
about three inches in diameter, ano
was placed In the middle Of aA0thel
sphere. about six inches in dIGmettr
consisting OF several rings or circles,
representing the hour circles in the
bAevsns. The hour was known by ap.
plying the hand to these circles when
the sun shone. and that circle where
the hand felt burned by the sun
beams passing through the bowl filled
with water showed the true hour.
King Alfred measured time by burn.
ing candles, marked with circular lines
10 Indicate the hours In genieus de.
Vices we're adopted to prevent dfaughts
a striking the fame, and thus, as
II we're. make time speed on Its aiEht'
by melting the tallow of the candle
before IL was burned, but this was
very imperfect method Of timekeeplng
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