The Book of Sun-Dials

Margaret Gatty

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511700866

Margaret Gatty (1809–1873) was an English writer best known for her researches on sundials and British seaweeds. After marrying the Rev. Alfred Gatty in 1839, she moved to Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, where she pursued her literary and scientific studies. This volume, first published in 1872, contains detailed descriptions of various styles of sundials, many taken from Gatty's own collection. Over 350 sundials from across Britain and Europe are described, and each sundial's location is noted in this work, which was one of the first popular books on the subject. Examples included range from portable sundials to early Saxon sundials, as well as the more familiar church sundials. This volume is one of Gatty's best known works, and remains a valuable reference for the various types of sundials and the variations and similarities in their mottoes. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=gattma

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INTRODUCTORY
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SUN-DIALS
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FURTHER NOTES ON REMARKABLE SUN-DIALS
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INDEX OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE SUN-DIALS WITH MOTTOES, AS THEY ARE NUMBERED
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-x

INTRODUCTORY
pp xi-xxviii

SUN-DIALS
pp 1-136

FURTHER NOTES ON REMARKABLE SUN-DIALS
pp 137-152

INDEX OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE SUN-DIALS WITH MOTTOES, AS THEY ARE NUMBERED
pp 153-156

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Frontmatter pp i-vi

PREFACE pp vii-x

INTRODUCTORY pp xi-xxviii

SUN-DIALS pp 1-136

FURTHER NOTES ON REMARKABLE SUN-DIALS pp 137-152

INDEX OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE SUN-DIALS WITH MOTTOES, AS THEY ARE NUMBERED pp 153-156

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-x

INTRODUCTORY
pp xi-xxviii

SUN-DIALS
pp 1-136

FURTHER NOTES ON REMARKABLE SUN-DIALS
pp 137-152

INDEX OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE SUN-DIALS WITH MOTTOES, AS THEY ARE NUMBERED
pp 153-156