(Vitruvius names Cicero and Lucretius as post nostram memoriam nascentes.) The subjects of the eight chapters are - (1) the signs of the zodiac and the seven planets; (2) the phases of the moon; (3) the passage of the sun through the zodiac; (4) and (5) various constellations; (6) the relation of astrological influences to nature; (7) the mathematical divisions of the gnomon; (8) various kinds of sundials and their inventors. [Please select]
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Then, as to sundials: you're amazingly deficient in sundials.' [Please select]
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CHAPTER VIII SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS 1. [Please select]
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Clocks and watches, and probably even sundials, were then unknown, so these divisions were marked by burning candles of equal lengths. [Please select]
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There are several different designs of sundials, but the most common, and the one we shall describe in this article, is the horizontal dial. [Please select]
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He made sundials, water clocks, and similar apparatus, a little last gleam of experimental science in the gathering ignorance. [Please select]
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If one has no knowledge of these matters, he will not be able to have any comprehension of the theory of sundials. [Please select]
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