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ring-dial
ˈring-dial Now Hist. [f. ring n.1] (See quot. 1728.)1667 [see dial 2 b]. 1674 Moxon Tutor Astron. v. Pref., Universal Dials are those commonly called Equinoctial or Ring-Dials. 1721 (title), Leybourn's Description and Use of..Gunter's Quadrant... To which is added the Use of..the Nocturnal, the Ring... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bonet de Lattes
He is known chiefly as the inventor of an astronomical ring-dial by means of which solar and stellar altitudes can be measured and the time determined Georges Minois, Histoire de l'avenir, p. 309 For description of the ring-dial and its use, see Rudolf Wolf, Handbuch der Astronomie, ihrer Geschichte wikipedia.org
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dial
▪ I. dial, n.1 (ˈdaɪəl) Also 5 dyale, dyel, 5–7 dyal(l, diall. [Presumably a derivative of L. dies a day, through a med.L. adj. diāl-is daily (repr. in Du Cange by diāle = diurnāle ‘as much land as could be ploughed in a day’, and diāliter adv. daily.) Outside Eng., however, dial is known only from ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Seth G. Atwood
Tompion, an astronomical and world time clock by Christian Gebhard, the Harrison wooden regulator clock, the Richard Glynn mechanical equinoctial standing Ring-Dial wikipedia.org
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journey
▪ I. journey, n. (ˈdʒɜːnɪ) Forms: 3–5 iurn-, 3–7 iorn-, iourn-, (5 iowrn-, iern-); 3, 6 -eie, 3–6 -e, -ay, 3–7 -ey, 4–7 -ee, 5–7 -y, -eye, 6 -aye, 6–7 -ie; 7 jorney(e, journee, -y, 7– journey. [a. OF. jornee (12th c.), journee, F. journée day, day's space, day's travel, work, employment, etc. (in OF... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jewish culture
Bonet de Lattes known chiefly as the inventor of an astronomical ring-dial by means of which solar and stellar altitudes can be measured and the time determined wikipedia.org
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