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A gifted young mathematician in Strassburg, orphaned of his mother, devotes himself to rigorous study and horological invention under a devoted Benedictine mentor while his kindly but impoverished father worries over his neglect of earthly comforts. The narrative follows his intellectual labors, intimate bonds with teacher and family, a growing romantic attachment, and encounters with guile and secrecy that revolve around a celebrated clock and a mysterious pass key. Interwoven episodes of moral testing, inventive ambition, and revelations concerning faith, pride, and loss propel the plot toward a poignant parting, and the work balances technical curiosity about geometry and mechanism with domestic emotion and old-world atmosphere.

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Title: The silver dial, volume 1 (of 3)

Author: Mary C. Rowsell

Release date: June 24, 2025 [eBook #76370]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SILVER DIAL, VOLUME 1 (OF 3) ***

THE SILVER DIAL.

BY
MARY C. ROWSELL.

AUTHOR OF
“ST. NICOLAS’ EVE,” “LOVE LOYAL,” “TRAITOR OR PATRIOT,” &c., &c.


“AS MANY LINES CLOSE IN THE DIAL’S CENTRE;
SO MANY A THOUSAND ACTIONS, ONCE AFOOT,
END IN ONE PURPOSE.”—Henry V.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LE BAS & LOWREY,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.


1886.


THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS.