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mark the six o'clock point so the figures VI may be placed on it in the space 

 between the two inner circles. The noon mark XII should be placed as 

 indicated (the "X" at D, F, the "11" at E, G). With black paint outline all 

 the semi-circles and figures. 



To set up the sundial — Fasten the base of the gnomon by screws or 

 brads to the dial with the point s of the gnomon at F, G, and the point v 

 of the gnomon at M, M', so that the point W is up in the air. Set the dial 

 on some perfectly level standard with the line A, A" extending exactly 

 north and south. If no compass is available, wait until noon and set the 

 dial so that the shadow from W will fall exactly between the points A, B, 

 and this will mean that the dial is set exactly right. Then with a good 

 watch note the points on the arc E, K', on which the shadow falls at one, 

 two, three, four, and five o'clock: and in the morning the points on the arc 

 J' D on which the shadow falls at seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven o'clock. 

 Draw lines from M to these points, and lines from M' to the points on the 

 arc E K'. Then place the figures on the dial as indicated in the spaces 

 between the two inner circles. The space between the two outer circles 

 may be marked with lines indicating the half and quarter hours. The 

 figures should be outlined in pencil and then painted with black paint, or 

 carved in the wood and then painted. 



Twilight, twilight of the west, 

 Sky-lines fading into rest, 

 Cloud-bars lying far and slight. 

 Shadows sinking into night, — 

 moon, ye moon, so faint and still, 

 Hanging, hanging as ye will 

 Low along the western sky. 

 Far and far and yet so nigh 

 A finger's breadth within the sheen 

 And silent shoreless vasts between — ■ 

 Thy aching heart is long ages lost. 

 And clear and calm as film of frost. 

 Ye know no longer strain or stress. 

 All passionless and passioyiless. 



—From "The New Moon," L. H. Bailew 



