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  • I talked with Fritz and we decided on a three dimensional sun dial made up of steel bands in the form of a globe with an arrow as the axis that functions as the gnomen registering the time on a calibrated strip mounted on the inside of one of the steel bands.

    DesignerBlog Will 2007

  • I talked with Fritz and we decided on a three dimensional sun dial made up of steel bands in the form of a globe with an arrow as the axis that functions as the gnomen registering the time on a calibrated strip mounted on the inside of one of the steel bands.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Will 2007

  • * Houtoi mian gnomen echousi, kai ten dunamin kai ten exousian eauton to zerio diadidosousin: [5434] 1

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • [269] Houtoi mian gnomen echousi, kai ten dunamin kai ten exousian eauton to zerio diadidosousin, Rev. xvii.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • At first sight, from the air, it looked like a sundial, a slender tower rising like a gnomen above a circle of low buildings and formal gardens.

    Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963

  • In the north transept, covered by the wooden floor, just under the iron bar, is the gnomen and meridian line, formed by P.  Toscanelli in 1408, and repaired by A.  Ximines in 1756.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • The height of the aperture, through which the ray enters by a window of the cupolina, is 277 feet 4 inches, 9.68 lines French measure; so that, as the inscription states, it is the greatest gnomen existing.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • At first sight, from the air, it looked like a sundial, a slender tower rising like a gnomen above a circle of low buildings and formal gardens.

    Space Viking H. Beam Piper 1934

  • St. Xystus's advice and begs for his decision (gnomen), that he may not fall into error (dedios me hara sphallomai).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Id Boretenae Diani gnomen legitur. bopeithm put Dianac crinibus nodo: poft humerum pharetra prom X Aquila fuimini infiilen alb-o intcr pedes, in ambitu tCi ...

    Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... Johann Christoph Rasche 1785

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