Sun-Dials

A “time conscious” people are we; a “time conscious” age is ours! We are surrounded with timepieces to give us information accurately as to the time—personal watches, electric clocks in the home, large clocks on buildings, in stores and stations, and the official announce­ment over telephone and radio. It is difficult to conceive of an era in which people depended upon the sun-dial for the “time”. However, we need reverse the calendar only two centuries to find civilized hu­manity dependent...