Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 124

4 et > =% % THE MAN OF THE EARLY STONE AGE TIME MEANT MERELY DAY AND NIGHT. TO MIM THE RISHNG SLIN WAS THE SIGNAL FOR MM TO VENTURE FORTH EROM IS CAVE ON THE ENDLESS HUNT FOR FOOD., —— ¢ == >z ITH THIS KNOWLEDGE HE WAS ABLE TO USE THE MOVING SHADOW OF AN UPRIGNT BOULDER TO TELL TIME ROUGHLY. THIS FIRST CRUDE SUN DIAL MADE IT EASIER FOR MEN TO KEEP APPOINTMENTS, — © .QOM A DEEPSTUDY OF THE MEAVENLY ;. BODIES THE CHALDEANS CAME TO CALCULATE TIME WITH GREAT AccurAcY. To THEM WE ARE INDEBTED FOR THE 12- MONTH YEAR ;THE WEEK AND THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC e HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY 7z 0 AE -HEN DARKNESS FELL HE RETREATED INTO THE INNERMOST RECESS OF WIS ROCKY MOME AND BARRICADED HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY INSIDE , AWAY FROM THE MANY LURKING DANGERS OF THE NIGHT, —o .N THE EARLY CENTURIES OF THE HISTORIC ERA THE CHALDEANS, WHO LIVED N WHAT 1S NOW LOWER MESOPO- TAMIA, MADE THE SUN DIAL AN ACCLURATE INSTRUMENT FOR TELLING TIME, —~—¢© OR THE GREATER PART OF ANCIENT . TIMES, IN MANVY LANDS, THE SUN DIAL REMAINED THE MOST GENERALLY .HE MOVING SHADOWS CAST BY THE SuN, FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH DAY AFTER. DAY WITH UNVARYING REGULARITY, SUPPLIED MAN WITH THE FIRST CLUE TO THE CALCULATION OF TIME. » CIENT POCKET" SUN DIALS., ~=< o=’ sun DiaLs orvarious TYeEs WERE THE FIRST PORTABLE TIMEPIECES, THE RING AND SPHERE DIALS HAD A HOLE AT THE TOP THROUGH WHICH THE RAYS OF THE SUN FELL ON A MARK INSIDE INDICATING THE MHOUR. A CENTURY BEFORE THEY [ISCOVERED THAT TNE DIALS HAD TO BE FACED DIFFERENTLY IN DIF- FERENT LATITUDES , DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SLIN CASTS SHADOWS AT VARVING ANGLES, ACCORDING TO THE DISTANCE OF PLACES FROM THNE EQUATOR, © CONTINUED>-