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Author Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693.
Title Horlogiographia optica. : Dialling universall and particular: speculative and practicall. In a threefold præcognita, viz. geometricall, philosophicall, and astronomicall: and a threefold practise, viz. arithmeticall, geometricall, and instrumentall. With diverse propositions of the use and benefit of shadows, serving to prick down the signes, declination, and azimuths, on sun-dials, and diverse other benefits. Illustrated by diverse opticall conceits, taken out of Augilonius, Kercherius, Clavius, and others. Lastly, topothesia, or, a feigned description of the court of art. Full of benefit for the making of dials, use of the globes, difference of meridians, and most propositions of astronomie. Together with many usefull instruments and dials in brasse, made by Walter Hayes, at the Crosse Daggers in More Fields. / Written by Silvanus Morgan.
Publication Info London : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Andrew Kemb, and Robert Boydell, and are to be sold at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1652.



Descript [16], 144 p. : ill. (woodcuts, metal cuts)
Note With an additional title page, engraved and initialed by John Goddard.
The first leaf contains verses "On the frontispiece".
Annotation on Thomason copy: The "2" in the imprint date is crossed out and date altered to 1652; "Febr. 4th".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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Author Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Dialing -- Early works to 1800.
Globes -- Early works to 1800.
Sundials -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Goddard, John, active 1645-1671.
Descript [16], 144 p. : ill. (woodcuts, metal cuts)
Note With an additional title page, engraved and initialed by John Goddard.
The first leaf contains verses "On the frontispiece".
Annotation on Thomason copy: The "2" in the imprint date is crossed out and date altered to 1652; "Febr. 4th".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Author Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Dialing -- Early works to 1800.
Globes -- Early works to 1800.
Sundials -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Goddard, John, active 1645-1671.

Subject Dialing -- Early works to 1800.
Globes -- Early works to 1800.
Sundials -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [16], 144 p. : ill. (woodcuts, metal cuts)
Note With an additional title page, engraved and initialed by John Goddard.
The first leaf contains verses "On the frontispiece".
Annotation on Thomason copy: The "2" in the imprint date is crossed out and date altered to 1652; "Febr. 4th".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Alt author Goddard, John, active 1645-1671.

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