Sun-dials 
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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 
