

Vertical sides of the dial are four erect direct dials,įacing exactly the four quarters of the earth. On its under surface is a south polar dial, which will show the timeįrom the autumnal to the vernal equinox. On its upper surface isĪ north polar dial, which will show the time from the Sides of which are parallelograms, and two are rhomboids. Boyle: "The dial stone is an oblong slab, two The following description of the dial has been Society of Antiquaries, who have placed it upon the roof of the Norman Wigham Richardson,Įsq., and he has presented the dial to the members of the Newcastle Which stands midway between Newcastle and the sea, overlooking the Teaching of the motto being enforced by the position of the house, On a dial which originally stood in the garden at Carville Hall, the Round the capital of a small pedestal dial in the garden of Buckminster Hall near Grantham. T IME STEALS AWAY: THE HOUR FLIES: SLOW BUT SURE: I STAY FOR NO MAN. 1631 it is on the porch of East Bergholt church, Suffolk and canīe seen in Constable's picture of the church porch, now in the National 36 in a garden at Dorking on Isleworth church, with Lord Tennyson's father was rector, and where the poet himself was Time is, thou hast: employ the portion small." "Time was, is past: thou canst not it recall Over the door of a schoolmaster's house at Leyburn, Yorkshire.Īnother version gives the first two lines thus: T IME PAST IS GONE: THOU CANST NOT THAT ENJOY. T IME IS, THOU HAST: SEE THAT THOU WELL EMPLOY Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.From: The Book of Sun-dials.

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