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Title: Sundials Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks. A Study of the Time-Markers of Medieval Churches, containing descriptions, photographs, diagrams and analysis of dials, chiefly in Hampshire, but also in various other Counties
Description: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1926, First Edition. Cloth-Covered Boards. Hardback 8vo. 140mm x 225mm tall (5.5" x 9" approx.). Pp xx, 203 + a frontispiece and 25 other plates with 96 illustrations in b/w photo & line, and with 14 illustrations, 35 diagrams, and a short bibliography in the text. Previous owner's feint signature [one S. Whitaker] to front pastedown and a few minor external rubs, otherwise very good, in the original green cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title & rulings. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Sun-Dial Sun-Dials Sundial Sundials Dialling Gnomonics Time Time-Keeping Time-measuring Time-Telling Math Maths Mathematic Mathematics Astronomy Sun Measure Measures Metrology Horology Scientific Instrument Instruments History Geometry Sunquest Augsburg S

Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Christopher Baron
- Book number: 002744

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