Dials.
Horologia.
[Illustration]
A _Dial_
measureth Hours.
_Horologium_
dimetitur Horas.
A _Sun-dial_, 1.
sheweth by the shadow
of the _Pin_, 2.
what a _Clock_ it is;
either on a Wall,
or a _Compass_, 3,
_Solarium_, 1.
ostendit umbrâ
_Gnomonis_, 2.
quota sit _Hora_;
sive in Pariete,
sive in _Pyxide Magnetica_, 3.
An _Hour-glass_, 4.
sheweth the four parts of an hour
by the running of _Sand_,
heretofore of water.
_Clepsydra_, 4.
ostendit partes horæ quatuor,
fluxu _Arenæ_,
olim aquæ.
A _Clock_, 5.
numbereth also
the Hours of the Night,
_Automaton_, 5.
numerat etiam
Nocturnas Horas,
by the turning of the Wheels,
the greatest whereof
is drawn by a _Weight_, 6.
and draweth the rest.
circulatione Rotarum,
quarum maxima
trahitur à _Pondere_, 6.
& trahit cæteras.
Then either the _Bell_, 7.
by its sound, being struck on
by the _Hammer_,
or the _Hand_, 8. without,
by its motion about
sheweth the hour.
Tum vel _Campana_, 7.
sonitu suo, percussâ
a _Malleolo_,
vel _Index_ extra
Circuitione sua
indicat horam.