TY  - BOOK
AU  - Higton,Hester
TI  - Sundials: an illustrated history of portable dials 
SN  - 0856675237
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - Philip Wilson Publishers
KW  - Sundials
KW  - fast
KW  - History
KW  - Global
KW  - Portable
KW  - Navigation
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -