Interestingly, where I read that description, I also found the single remark
so far that would instantly allow me to abandon the Dacian hypothesis if i
can verify it, and that was a remark attributed to Brumbaugh regarding a
clock with differing length arms that would place the item to the 15th
century. However, I have yet been able to see or corroborate this "clock"
in the VMS. If you know where it is in the MS please let me know as that
would certainly kill any hypothesis of a dicinian wisdom book in its
original form.