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A Note on the Vanished Dial in the Privy Garden, Whitehall

Provides a historical account of the magnificent pyramidal and multiform dial set up by Father Hall in Whitehall's Privy Garden in 1669. Cites a German traveller's journal, noting that the dial was seen in ruins in July 1710, which is the last known sighting of the contraption.
Dials: Multi Faced, Historical Dials

Peter de Clercq