A Celebration of Women Writers

"Chapter II: Antique Dials."
From: The Book of Sun-dials. By Mrs. Alfred Gatty [aka Margaret Scott Gatty] (1809-1873). Enlarged and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden (1846-) and Eleanor Lloyd (fl.1900). London: George Bell & Sons, 1900. Fourth edition. pp. 29-48.

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CHAPTER II

ANTIQUE DIALS

"Brutus. Did Cicero say aught?
 Casca.                Ay, he spoke Greek."
                                          Julius Cæsar.

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GREEK DIAL. LEYDEN MUSEUM


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GREEK DIAL. BRITISH MUSEUM


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GRÆCO-ROMAN DIAL. VATICAN.


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GREEK DIAL. BERLIN.


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ROMAN DIAL FROM TOR PATERNO.


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PHŒNICIAN DIAL. LOUVRE.


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GREEK DIAL. LOUVRE.


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TOWER OF THE WINDS. ATHENS.


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GREEK DIAL. BRITISH MUSEUM.


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GREEK DIAL. ORCHOMENES.


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ROMAN DIALS. VILLA SCIPIO.


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WIND AND SUN DIAL. ROME.


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ANTIQUE DIAL. MADRID.


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