New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
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besides those held by the rampant lions under
Meath
For number Of dial faces however. this well
known dial does not approach that set up for
Charles III In the Kings garden at Whitehall II
had upward of three hundred faces some Of
which recgSded time after the Jewish the Baby
lonian and Italian fashions. One told the time
by the shade of the style falling on the hour
lines In another the shade OF the hour line fell
upon the style In a third there was no shadow
There were dials belonging To Geography
"to Astronomy" and Ito AstrOEOgy- There were
sixteen dials which showed "the different man
ner of Rising of the Stars 70 Witt; the Cosm
CALL the Cronycau and the HeliacaLr There
were four globes labelled Per Ignem." Per
Aquarn" Per Esran' and Per Terrain" In
one the hour was indicated by the heat created
by the rays of the sun in the water with which
the bowl was filled In another, which was also
filed with water. a little circle of light was
thrown upon the lines set to mark the hours
I'm the third globe which resenbled the outer
atmosphere in that il was filed with air. the
hour was marked by two little pictures Of the
sunlfke stars" The fourth globe had "a geo
graphical description of the whole earth upon
the inward superfces of the Bowie" -Four other
great globes each bearing thirty-two dials.
served to indicate supper time, sleeping
time and other kinds Of time at many different
points OF the globe. This curious cid dial "over
which perhaps. the gay monarch delighted to
hang translating the hundreds of Latin mottoes
for the entertainment of his fair friends is now
demolished DIAL the old chronieler who
described it remarked
Sometimes the time is told by light instead OF
shadow The light is reflected by mirrors or
focused by means of lenses Among these are
the cannon diaIs. which can be seen IN some
European towns The Sultan OF Morocco. who
Is more fond of mechanical inventions Of curious
design than are his more conservative people,
who look upon them Vaccinations OF evil
powers. has beautiful cannon dial BESIDES
dial Of the usual style a miniature cannon forms
a part of the instrument Over the breeeh is a
burning glass. which. at the stroke OF noon,
focuses the suns rays upon the powder at the
touchhole and discharges the cannon
Among the few curious dials to be found In
this country is the cannon dial at the arsenal at
Frankford Penn. II differs from the cannon
dial owned by the Moroccan chieftain- II is
cannon dial because its base IS the muzze OF an
old iron cannon set UP IN the grounds II has
an ingenious lens dial
It has been suggested that II is within the
power of the United States to have the greatest
sun dial in the world At the present time Inc
shadow of the great Washington Monument has
not been harnessed- When IT is considered no"
cheaply It could be forced to do a little work II
the way OF telling time il seems curious thas !"
practical q country as the United States snou''
have failed up to the present time to take steps
20 utilize this by-product- Let the slogan !"
~We have harnessed the sunshine. why not tne
shadow" and steps taken to lay out a cireuiAi
bed Of flowers in the design of sun dial 50 t0A'
the visitors to the monument ean tell "neN
luncheon time has arrived without puAins 0''
their watches.
No sun dial seems complete without q mo'"