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The Sundial

Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850) was a Scottish writer, teacher, and actuary. In 1822 he published his Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps which was restricted to naked-eye stars and thus, was much less cluttered than other star atlases of the time. It contained three of his own creations, including Solarium, which replaced the obscure constellation Reticulum. The sundial was never popular and quickly vanished.