 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1807 - 636 pages
...said to have invented dials at Lacedtfinon in the time of Cyrus the Great, Plin. ii. 76. the first dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor, AU 447. and the next near the Rastraby M. Valerius Mesala the Consul, who brought it from Cat.;na in Sicily,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1819 - 602 pages
...said to have invented dials at Lacadaemon in the time of Cyrus the Great, Plin. ii. 7(J. The first dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor, AU 447-, and the next near the Rostra by M. Valerius Messala the consul, who brought it from Catana in Sicily,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...more touching than tombstones. The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirins Cursor, AU 447 (BC 301), and the next near the rostra, by M. Valerius Mesela, the consul, who brought it from Catana, in Swily, in the first Punic war, AU 481. Scipio Nasica... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Clock and watch making - 1832 - 546 pages
...is said to have invented sun-dials at Lacedicmon in the time of Cyrus the Great. The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius...301.) and the next near the Rostra, by M. Valerius Mesela, the Consul, who brought it from Catana in Sicily, in the first Punic war, AU 481.* Scipio Nasica... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Clock and watch making - 1832 - 530 pages
...is said to have invented sun-dials at Lacedaamon in the time of Cyrus the Great. The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor, AU 447, (BC 301.) and the next near the •V ...,.'.'... by M. Valerius Mesela, the Consul, who brought it from Cataaa in Sicily, in the first... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Classical antiquities - 1835 - 604 pages
...viii. ix. x. xi. xii. iliaJa at Lacedaemon in the time of Cyrus the Great, Plin. ii. 76. The first dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor [in the porch of the temple of Quirinus] AU 447, and the next near the Rostra, by M. Valerius Messäla... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1839 - 666 pages
...of Miletus, is said to have invented dials at Lacedaemon in the time of Cyrus the Great. The first dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papiгшз Cursor, AU 447, and the next near the rostra, by M. Valerius Mettais the consul, who brought... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1853 - 478 pages
...by the very occupation, provided it with mottoes more touching than tombstones. The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius...301), and the next near the rostra, by M. Valerius Mesela, the consul, who brought it from Catania in Sicily, in the first Punic war, AU 481. Scipio Nasica... | |
 | William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...by the very occupation, provided it with mottoes more touching than tombstones. The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor, AC 447 (BC 301), and the next near the rostra, by M. Valerius Mesela, the consul, who brought it from... | |
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The first sun-dial is said to have been set up at Rome by L. Papirius Cursor, AU 447, (BC 301.) and the next near the Rostra, by M. Valerius Mesela, the Consul, who brought it from Catana in Sicily, in the first Punic war, AU 481.* Scipio... 