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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: THE ZODIAC AND THE PLANETS
CHAPTER II: THE PHASES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER III: THE COURSE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE TWELVE SIGNS
CHAPTER IV: THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER V: THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER VI: ASTROLOGY AND WEATHER PROGNOSTICS
CHAPTER VII: THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER VIII: SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS
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9. Hence, the sand sinks as the “cork” is raised by the water, and in sinking turns the axis, and the axis the drum. The revolution of this drum causes sometimes a larger and sometimes a smaller portion of the circle of the signs to indicate, during the revolutions, the proper length of the hours corresponding to their seasons. For in every one of the signs there are as many holes as the corresponding month has days, and a boss, which seems to be holding the representation of the sun on a dial, designates the spaces for the hours. This, as it is carried from hole to hole, completes the circuit of a full month.
Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Vitruvius. Morris Hicky Morgan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1914.
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