PROCEEDINGS 



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Delaware County Institute of Science 



Vol. I, No. 4 Juia', 1906 



THE SUNDIAL AND THK CLOCK. 



Paper read on occasion ol" the presentation of a snndial 

 to the Institute, 



BV JACOB B. BROWX. 



MR. PRESIDENT, 



LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE INSTITUTE, 

 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : 



It is a fine thing" to have the power of conferring a mag- 

 nificent faxoiir while seeming to crave a slight one. 



The Instititte, not long ago, and half jestingly, asked of 

 me a possession of mine, altogether trifling- in intrinsic value, 

 but endeared to me by undying memories. My sundial, 

 namely, which circumstances had forced me to remove from. 

 its abiding place. 



Those gentlemen builded better than they knew. 

 I "could not have saved my sutidial from darkness and 

 obscurity. The Institute has rescued it and set it up in 

 3''onder window. The sun will shine upon it. It will be in 

 good company. It will have life and perform its function, 

 instead of hanging on the wall " quite out of fashion like a 

 rusty mail, in monumental mockery." Another memory will 

 2^ l)e attached to it. And I ask my friends of the Institute to 

 CO believe that their kind thought has gratified a grateful man. 

 '^ I shall have the honour and pleasure of setting before you 



~ certain considerations inseparably connected with the use of a 



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