Sundials : an illustrated history of portable dials / Hester Higton.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Philip Wilson Publishers ; 2001Distributor: Wappingers Falls, N.Y. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club, 2001Edition: [1st edition]Description: 136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0856675237
- 9780856675232
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index.
1 Pillars and Rings 11 -- 2 Higher Altitudes 21 -- 3 The Sun Encompassed 33 -- 4 Multiplications 47 -- 5 English Accents 67 -- 6 A Continental Selection 85 -- 7 Watching the Time 109 -- 8 The Sun Eclipsed 125.
This is an examination of the portable sundials used as timekeepers for three millennia. The focus is on the sundials themselves, but much reference is made to social, political and economic history.
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Illustrated history of portable sundials
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