Sun-dials 



37 1 



On page 373 is shown an ancient sun-dial in the 

 garden of Charles F. Jenkins, Esq., in German- 

 town, Pennsylvania. This sun-dial originally be- 

 longed to Nathan Spencer, who lived in Germantown 



Kenmore, the Home of Betty Washington Lewis. 



prior to and during the Revolutionary War. Hep- 

 zibah Spencer, his daughter, married, and took the 

 sun-dial to' Byberry. Her daughter carried the sun- 

 dial to Gwynedd when her name was changed to 

 Jenkins ; and their grandson, the present owner, 

 rescued it from the chicken house with the gnomon 



