Description
Track Listing
First Prologue
The Dial Is Only Visible By Starlight
Every Day At Noon The Sun Shines Through These Apertures For The Space Of About A Minute
The Image Of The Sun Indicates The Sun's Position As It Passes Through A Hole In The Concurve Surface
There Is A Brass Pointer Fitted With Sights And Pivoted To The Centre Of The Circle By Which Altitude Observations Are Made
The Chamber Is No Longer Accessible To Visitors
Access To Any Part Of The Engine Is By Steps Which Offer Vantage Points For Various Readings
Suspended In The Hum Of History
Originally Cross Wires Stretched Across Each Hemisphere, East To West And North To South
The Ramped Stair To The North Of The Two Drums Vanishes At Thirty-two Feet
These Steps Enable The Observer To See All Aspects Of The Brass Calibration Below
There Is A Huge Calibrated Sundial On Each Of Its Sides
This Chamber Is Filled With Garden Tools And Broken Furniture
The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eye
This Engine Is Primarily A Calculator, Though Altitudes May Be Observed Using The Sighting Bar Fitted To The Back
It Is Inscribed With Concentric Circles, At The Centre Of Which Lies A Pointer
The Calibrated Parts Are Raised On Three-foot Pillars
The Pink Masonry Charges The Twilight With A Faint Sound
Another Slope With Stars For The Reading Of Figures
This Engine Is Now Only Visible In Twilight
Here Is An Immense Brass Circle Suspended Vertically From Stone Supports
Two Hemispheres Representing The Sphere Of Heaven Comprise The Two Halves Of This Engine
This Wall Describes Accurately The North/South Meridian
There Are Pillars At The Centre Of Each Circular Wall Each Open To The Sky
First Memory
The Sky Has Shaped This Place
Here I Find A Central Iron Pole With Hooks Facing To The North, South, East And West
A Shadow Is Cast To The West Before Noon
The Shadow Can Fall In The Vacant Sector Of A Drum
Days And Nights Are Measured Here, And In The Measuring Seem Longer, Suspended Somehow
The Whole Brass Circle Can Be Revolved Around Its Vertical Diameter So That Altitude Observations Can Be Taken Of Any Object At Any Time
A Lofty But Narrow Chamber Is Contrived In The Thickness Of The Walls And Access Is Gained From A Door Opening From The Masonry Platform On Which The Engine Stands
A Further Series Of Steps Is Only Visible During The Vernal Equinox
Hold The Machine In The Vertical Plane
Visible Portions Of The Celestial Sphere Are Represented By This Map Which Has A Movable Elliptic Which Pivots At The Point Representing The Pole
To Move Through These Structures Is To Set Them In Motion
The Altitude Of The Body Observed Is Given While Observing The Vertically Hanging Bar Through The Two Brass Rings
A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon
These Calibrations Are No Longer Clearly Visible
Another Flight Of Observation Steps And The Sense Of Quiet Rotation As I Ascend
I Study The Vaults Of A Shell In Which We Float
Twenty-seven Degrees, Thirty-seven Seconds
The Roofs Of The Enclosed Drums Are Implied By Shadows
The Floor And Walls Are Calibrated To Read Altitude And Azimuth
These Are The Cool Engines Of Celestial Map-making
Here Is The Supreme Engine
The Sun Seen Through The Pair Of Brass Rings Is Used By The Bar To Indicate The Time From Sunrise Until Sunrise
A Pointer Indicates On Three Arms: West, North And East
Here Was The Supreme Engine
Engine Of Amplitude Has A Function Which Is No Longer Known
This Engine Is A Rectangular Brass Plate
Second Prologue
Once Complete Engine Is Formed By Two Differently Incomplete Parts Which Combined Provide Total Reference
At One Moment In The Year The Sun Shines Through A Hole In The Wall On To A Calibrated Arc
The Stone Dish Is Slotted With Figures And Shadow
The Positions And Altitudes Of Heavenly Bodies Maybe Gauged With This Engine
Some Steps Ascend Past Markings To A Platform
The Central Pillars Are Five Feet Three Inches In Diameter
On The East Face Are Inscribed Two Quadrants Of Twenty-feet Radius
The Plants Will Steal This Engine When We Have Gone
The Shadow Is Cast North/South At Noon By An Iron Pin
A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon
These Steps Are Worn To A Ramp And Lead Nowhere
All The Lead Calibrations Are Warm To The Touch
It Is Only Necessary To Engrave A Scale Of The Tangents Along The Rim To Obtain A Direct Reading Of The Declination
Second Memory
The Lead Calibrations Are Poisonous To The Touch
This Is The North Pointer Engine
The Rim Of Each Hemisphere Is A Horizon Divided Into Degrees And Minutes
Here Is A Room To Divide The Sun Like An Orange
Sighting Bars Were Placed In The Slots Within The Chamber, But None Remain Now
The Sound Of Insects Here Studs The Night Like A Thousand Fizzing Stars
Access By Observers To Each Engine Is Gained By An Imperfection Which Differs From One To Another
These Structures Are Made In Receipt Of Starlight
Seven Of The Eight Rings Indicate Signs
Third Memory
Fourth Memory
I Have Observed And Measured For Seven Years
The Heavens Were Spherical
Fifth Memory
There Are Four Of These Arcs, Two In Each Chamber
These Are Instruments Fuelled By Shadow, And Engines Propelled By The Sliding Of The Skies
The Stars Are Ranged Across The Inner Shell Of A Vast Hollow Sphere In Which Hung The Earth
All The Gardens Will Concur. Here Is The Mixed Engine
I Will Build Other Gardens, Other Engines
And The Light Falls On The Circular Arcs
Beneath This Circle Is An Arc Of Masonry Steps For The Convenience Of Observes
Threads Can Be Pegged To The Centre Of Each Quadrant And Semicircle To Enable Observation
Here Is A Huge Vertical Right-Angled Triangle Made Of Stone
These Arcs Are Also Accessible By Numerous Flights Of Stairs
We Are Closer To The Sun Now
On The West Face Is Described A Semicircle Of Nineteen-Feet, Ten-Inch Radius
Into This Chamber No Ray Of Light Can Find Its Way Except Through Two Small Squares High In The South Wall
The Movement Of The Engines Produces A Scent
Sixth Memory
Pointing Towards The Pole An Iron Pin Is Fixed At Right Angles To The Centre Of A Dial
Some Of The Calibrations Are Now Submerged Beneath The Ground And Cannot Be Read
This Room Is A Lidless Drum
Seventh Memory
Near The Bottom Of The Wall Facing The South Side Of The Eastern Hemisphere There Is A Hole
There Are Arcs Made Of Marble Which Are Calibrated With Inlaid Lead In Degrees And Minutes
I Have Seen Charts Sent From Portugal But They Are Flawed And Full Of Error
Details
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- Barcode: 9780802881670
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