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No. . PATENTED JUNE 13 1905.
W H. LEWIS
PERPETUAL PLANETARY HOUR DIAL.
APPLIOATION TILED ADO. 15 1904.
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WALTER HENRY LEWIS OF MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PERPETUAL PLANETARY HOURDIAL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. dated June 13 1905.
Application filed August 15 1904. Serial No
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Be it known that 1 WALTER HENRY LEWIS a citizen of the United States residing at Manchester in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire have invented a Perpetual Planetary HourDial of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a mechanical device for showing• the times of sunrise and sunset and the length of the day and night together with the planetary forces which are ruling any period of time for any day and any latitude and longitude and the device may be attached to any clock or timepiece or used as a device complete in itself for the purposes specified.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents the device assembled together for use. Fig. 2 represents the revolving planetary disk detached. Fig. 3 represents the revolving subplanetary disk detached. Fig. 4 represents another sunrisetable detached calculated for a different latitude. Fig. 5 represents the planetary names numbers and symbols in detail of one set of the series of spaces on the disks. Fig. 6 represents the sunrisetable revolving planetary and subplanetary disks attached to an ordinary clock or timepiece having a twelvehour dial. Fig. 7 represents the planetary disk as used on an ordinary twelvehour dial and Fig. 8 represents the subplanetary disk as used on an ordinary twelvehour dial.
The device consists of a sunrisetable (marked B Fig. 1) attached to a segment of the circle on the dial of a clock or timepiece (marked A Fig. 1) which dial is divided into hours fractions of the hours minutes and degrees said sunrisetable containing the months and days in line with and opposite to the minutes on the dial A corresponding to the minutes of sunrise on those several days respectively and a sunsettable C Fig. 1 at another segment of the circle on the dial A Fig. 1 said sunsettable containing the months and days in line with and opposite to the minutes on the dial A corresponding to the minutes of sunset on those several days respectively the tables B and C being computed for any and every latitude and longitude covering every place on the globe and being de 50 tachable by the screws S S Fig. 1 or other suitable means so as to be used for any place desired. If it be desired to use latitude 42º north as shown in Fig. 4 it could be changed with latitude 39º north as shown in Fig. 1 55 and so in like manner with all other latitudes for both the sunrise and sunset tables. The sunrisetable may also be used on an ordinary twelvehour dial as shown at B Fig. 6 in a similar manner.
There is also a revolving circular planetary disk D Fig. 2 divided into equal parts or spaces along its periphery each part or space containing the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of a planet or any combination of the same the complete detail of one set of the series being shown in Fig. 5 the distinguishing color for the planet Saturn being blue and for Jupiter being indigo or purple and for Mars being red and for the sun being orange and for Venus being yellow and for Mercury being violet and for the moon being green this set of parts or spaces being repeated in consecutive order so that each part or space will equal in size the space of one hour on the 75 dial thus dividing the periphery of the disk into twentyfour equal parts for use on a twentyfourhour dial in the specified order as shown in Fig. 2 or into twelve equal parts for use on a twelvehour dial in the specified order as shown in Fig. 7 said disk having seven or more parts or spaces bearing the names or abbreviations of the names of the days of the week ruled by each planet in the specified order as shown in Fig. 2 together with a second or inner row of parts or spaces containing a continuation of the same series of planetary names numbers symbols distinguishing colors and days in the specified order as shown in Fig. 2. This disk revolving around the circle on the dial A in such manner that by setting any line bounding any space on the disk D in line with and opposite to any month and day in the sunrisetable B Fig. 1 the spaces on the disk D will be opposite to equal divisions of 95 equal hours on the dial A for that day thus
showing by the planetary namenumberssymbol or distinguishing color on the disk D the
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planet ruling any of the hours of that day so that by merely revolving the disk D thus changing the day of the week and hour of sunrise and clay of the month it becomes a per
5 petual calendar of planetary hours good or evil in their influences as may be designated by printed references in accordance with the accepted laws of occult science and showing 1 on the space on the disk in line with and op
19 posite to the minute on the dial corresponding to the time of sunset in the sunsettable C the hour commencing the night and the planetary ruler thereof. If the planetary disk be used on an ordinary clock or timepiece the
15 series of parts or spaces are shown at D Figs. 6 and 7to correspond with the ordinary twelvehour dial.
There is also a revolving circular subplanetary disk F Fig. 3 divided into equal parts
20 or spaces along its periphery each part or
space containing the name numbers symbol
or distinguishing color of a planet or any com
bination of the same the complete detail of
one set of the series being shown in Fig. 5
25 the distinguishing color for the planet Saturn
being blue and for Jupiter being indigo or
purple and for Mars being red and for the
sun being orange and f or Venus being yellow
and for Mercury being violet and for the
30 moon being green this set of parts or spaces
being repeated in consecutive order so that
each part or space will equal in size the space
of four minutes on the dial thus dividing the
periphery of the disk into thirty equal parts
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specified order as shown in Fig. 3 or into
fifteen equal parts for use on a twelvehour
dial in the specified order as shown in Fig. 8
said disk having a second or inner row of
40 parts or spaces containing a continuation of
the same series of planetary names numbers
symbols or distinguishing colors in the speci
fied order as shown in Fig. 3 this disk re
volving around the circle on the dial A in such
45 manner that by setting any line bounding any
space on the disk F in line with and opposite
to any minutedivision on the dial A the spaces
on the disk F will subdivide the hour into
equal sections of four minutes of time thus
50 showing the subplanetary influence for any
fourminute period corresponding to the revo
lution of the earth which changes one degree
of space in four minutes of time. By thus
setting the line commencing the subplanetary
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or distinguishing color of the planet corre
sponding to the name numbers symbol or
distinguishing color of the planet ruling the
hour in line with and opposite to the minute
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utes on the dial at which the planetary hour
commences which is regulated by the minute
fraction of the hour of sunrise the subplan
etary influence of the subperiods of each hour
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commencement of an hour the line commencing the subplanetary space containing the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of the planet corresponding to the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of the planet ruling the hour will be set exactly at "XII" in the circle of minutes on the dial but if the sun rises at twelve minutes past the exact hour then the minute commencement of each hour will be at twelve minutes past the exact hour so that the line commencing the subplanetary space containing the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of the planet corresponding to the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of the planet ruling the hour will be set at the corresponding minutedivision in the minute circle twelve minutes past the exact hour and when used on a clock or timepiece a section of which is shown at t t t t Fig. 1 the hourhand would indicate the planetary hour on the inner disk D and the minutehand would indicate the fourminute subperiod on the outer disk F.
If the subplanetary disk is used on an ordinary clock or timepiece the series of parts or spaces are shown in Fig. 8 to correspond with the ordinary twelvehour dial and when the planetary and subplanetary disks are used on an ordinary clock or timepiece a section
of which is shown at t t t t Fig. 6 having the 95 ordinary twelvehour dial as shown at K Fig. 6 the hourhand 7i would indicate the planetary hour on the inner disk D and the minutehand m would indicate the fourminute subperiod on the outer disk F.
The movable dialhand E Fig. 1 which is of some distinguishing shape or color is used to indicate the day of the week for which the dial may be set by pointing to the line bounding the space bearing the name of that day on the outer row on the disk D and also to indicate at the same time the end of that day on the inner row on the disk D which inner row is to be taken in counting around the spaces on the disk when the double row is reached.
Fig. 1 shows the device set for any Sunday near March 23 or October 6 and the sun rises at six o'clock a. in. and sets at 5.36 o'clock p. m. on that day in latitude 39º north thus showing that day to be eleven hours and thirtysix minutes long and that night to be twelve hours and twentyfour minutes long.
If it be desired to know what planet is rul
ing between the hours of eleven and twelve I20 a. m. on either the twentyfourhour dial Fig. 1 or the twelvehour dial Fig. 6 a glance at the space on the disk D shows that Jupiter (4) covers that period for that day and latitude and the subplanetary influence in the T25 fourminute subperiod commencing at eleven a. m. would be ruled on disk F by Jupiter (4) and the fourminute subperiod commencing at 11.04 a. m. would be ruled on disk F by Mars ( ). X30
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What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is
1. A sunrisetable a sunsettable a dial of a clock or timepiece to which said tables are attached said tables containing the months and clays in line with and opposite to the minutes on the dial corresponding to the minutes of sunrise and sunset on those several clays respectively said tables being computed for any and every latitude and longitude being detachable so as to be changed and used as desired for any and every place on the globe all substantially as described.
2. A revolving circular planetary disk a dial of a clock or timepiece to which said disk is attached said disk being divided into equal parts or spaces along its periphery each part or space corresponding in size to the space of one hour on said dial and each part or space containing the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of a planet or any combination of the same and having seven or more parts or spaces bearing the names or abbreviations of the names of the days of the week ruled by each planet together with a second or inner row of parts or spaces containing a continuation of the same series of planetary names numbers symbols distinguishing colors and days said disk revolving around the circle on said dial in such manner that by setting any line bounding any space on the planetary disk in line with and opposite to any minutedivision on the dial the spaces on the disk will divide the circle on the dial into equal sections of one hour of time all substantially as described.
3. A revolving circular subplanetary disk a dial of a clock or timepiece to which said disk is attached said disk being divided into equal parts or spaces along its periphery 40 each part or space corresponding in size to the space of four minutes on said dial and each part or space containing the name numbers symbol or distinguishing color of a planet or any combination of the same 45 and having a second or inner row of parts or spaces containing a continuation of the same series of planetary names numbers symbols or distinguishing colors said disk revolving around the circle on said dial in such manner that by setting any line bounding any space on the subplanetary disk in line with and opposite to any minutedivision on the dial the spaces on the disk will divide the hour into equal sections of four minutes of time all substantially as described.
4. The combination of a sunrisetable a sunsettable a dial of a clock or timepiece a revolving planetary disk a revolving subplanetary disk and a movable dialhand of some distinguishing shape or color either together or any of its parts or as an attachment to any clock or timepiece or as a device complete in itself for the purposes specified substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
WALTER HENRY LEWIS. Witnesses:
WALTER J. . WATTS
KIMBALL W. BATES.
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