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The motto at top reads, "Life is but a passing shadow, the shadow of a bird on the wing." Many sundials bear a motto [ a ] to reflect the sentiments of its maker or owner.
By tradition, many sundials have a motto. The motto is usually in the form of an epigram: sometimes sombre reflections on the passing of time and the brevity of life, but equally often humorous witticisms of the dial maker. One such quip is, I am a sundial, and I make a botch, Of what is done much better by a watch. [7]
List of sundial mottos; U. List of U.S. state and territory mottos; List of university and college mottos
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Heraldic plaque dated to 1466 with Habsburg motto F.I. A.E.I.O.U. Left part is Habsburg fesse coat of arms and right part is Counts of Celje coat of arms, united under Imperial double-headed eagle A.E.I.O.U. monogram of Frederick III Sundial in Meran (now Italy) featuring an A.E.I.O.U. inscription
It was built for mining magnate Benjamin Wegner, a co-owner and the director-general of Blaafarveværket—Norway's largest mining company—after he took over Frogner Manor in 1836. Wegner had a grand oval driveway built in front of the main building with a sundial in the middle of the lawn. [1]
The MarsDial can function as a gnomon, the stick or other vertical part of a sundial. [2] [3] The length and direction of the shadow cast by the stick allows observers to calculate the time of day. [2] The sundial can also be used to tell which way is North, and to overcome the limitations of a magnetic north different from a true north. [2]
Elias Allen (c.1588 in Tonbridge – March 1653 in London) was an English maker of sundials and scientific instruments. [ 1 ] Allen was apprenticed to a London clockmaker in 1602 and, after his master died, established himself in a workshop beside St Clement Danes Church , the Strand. [ 1 ]