Show bible story tells of first sundial in world history the earliest mention of a sundial is of course in the bible on the occasion of 0 the good king heze kiaha prayer to god when sick and aging that he would extend his life ilfe apparently for or the sole but excellent reason that he loved it says richard le ie gallienne in from a paris scrapbook he fie dreaded to behold man no more with the inhabitants of 0 the world tor for he cried 0 lord by these things men live and in all these things is the life of my spirit perhaps the most human cry in all literature and god took pity on him granting him a reprieve of 15 years putting back the clock of time behold I 1 will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the sundial of ahaz 10 degrees backward so the sun returned 10 degrees by which it was gone down this gracious miracle happened about B C king charles V gave the first public clock to paris in 1370 says mr le gallienne the clock we still see with its beautiful dial set in the tour de horologe of the palais de justice he adds it was made by the famous clockmaker henry de vick and a similar clock still in going order had bad been installed in dover castle en england a few ew years before 1348 in olden days most men man about town carried two watches on their fobs to check one by the other yet this precaution was rather useless mr le gallienne says tor for when they agree it was a question of which to believe for instance A witty story is told of the famous dandy the marechal de richelieu who always carried two both so beautiful that one day a certain great lady admired the them m so much that she asked to hold them in her hands that she might examine them closer then to her great confusion she let them slip out of her fingers and they fell ell to the ground the gallant marechal did his best to comfort her dont distress yourself he said gall gaily y it is the first time I 1 ever saw them go together |