, or Node, in Dialling, denotes a point or hole in the gnomon of a dial, by the shadow or light of which is shewn, either the hour of the day in dials without furniture, or the parallels of the sun's declination, and his place in the ecliptic, &c, in dials with furniture.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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