Sun Dials
Anon
Genre: | Miscellaneous |
Subjects: | Instruments, Time, War |
The writer records that the first sun-dial was set up by the Romans, but that the use of clocks and watches was unknown to them, since, being preoccupied with 'military requirements', they had 'neither time nor leisure to cultivate the arts of peace'. | |
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