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my latin teacher (ca. 1952) said a gnomonic device was an
aid to memory. It's a stretch to go from the sundial that
knows the time?
Actually I couldn't find any etymological reference to peri meaning nearest
-- mostly about as in periphery -- about is rather nearer than farther?