PS to Henry Spencer Sackman
PS: At the end of my previous message I made a typo. I intented to write: "(Or to sell it more easily.)" Somewhere the book under the wrong title was announced to be helpful to construct sundials, which is a misleading information. But a book on how to build sundials may sell better than a book on their history. --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Henry Spencer Spackman
It seems to be nearly impossible to find information on Henry Spencer Spackman, the author of The Timepiece of Shadows: A History of the Sun Dial. New York : W.T. Comstock, 1895. This book is available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100773424 and https://archive.org/details/cu31924031362142 . The review and the annotation of the book in Book News Vol. 13, July 1895, p. 457 and p. 480 (available online in Google Books, but outside the USA only through a proxy server) do not say anything about the author. There was a Reverend Henry Spencer Spackman (1811-1875) in Philadelphia, but he ccould hardly be the author. The latest year mentioned in the book is 1887, so even if we assume that the book was edited and printed posthumously (e.g. by his wife, who was still living in 1920), the year 1887 in the text makes this assumption improbable. About this reverend, see http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5516&body=S A better candidate would be the engineer and officer of the same name, who also lived in Philadelphia and was still alive in 1920. But I could not find any proof that he was really the author of the sundial history book. Both persons were also called Henry S. Spackman. Ernst Zinner (Alte Sonnenuhren an europäischen Gebäuden. 1964, p. 222) cites the book as: SPACKMAN, H. Spencer: The Timepiece of Shadows. A History of the sundial. New York 1895 But this is the only case that the author was called "H. Spencer Spackman", and there is no single trace of such a person. Zinner was not always precise in his data. Here is something about the engineer Henry Spencer Spackman: Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 13, 1921, p. 55-56 (not availabe online, the following texts are from Google snippet view): "SPACKMAN, Henry Spencer, World War Veteran. Henry Spencer Spackman, lieutenant-colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, has long been numbered among the leading citizens of old Philadelphia. Lieutenant-Colonel Spackman was president of the Henry S. Spackman Engineer-Company, of international reputation, and is quietly but potentially identified with the most essential interests of his home city. Henry Spencer Spackman was ..." "Lieutenant-Colonel Spackman was recognized as an authority on both the manufacture and use of Portland Cement and contributed many articles to the technical press. In politics Lieutenant-Colonel Spackman is a Republican. He is a director of the Ardmore National Bank. The organizations in which he is enrolled include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Testing ..." (The Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography is not available in Germany, so if someone in the USA can have a look at this volume, this may be helpful. Perhaps the sundial book is mentioned and dates of birth [and death?] are given.) American Legionnaires of France: A Directory of the Citizens of the United States on Whom France Has Conferred Her National Order, the Legion of Honor, 1920, p. 380: "SPACKMAN, HENRY SPENCER. Engineer. Born in Williamsport, Pa.; educated at Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia. President, Henry S. Spackman Engineering Company, Philadelphia ..." Who's who in the Construction Division of the United States Army, 1920: "SPACKMAN, HENRY S., Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers; entered service and commissioned Major, July 19, 1917; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, September 21, 1918. ..." (The complete text is available through the World Biographical System Online, free of charge for people living in Germany. I may send it offlist on request, but it is of no help for the question whether he was the author of the sundial book and does not give dates of birth and death.) The sundial book (or a second one?) was also announced as "The Timepiece of Shadows; or, How to Build Sun Dials. By Henry Spencer Spackman" (e.g. in Country Life, Vol. 1, 1901, p. xxxii and in House & Garden, vol. 16, 1909, p. 185), but no library has such a book, and it seems that the second part of the title was given differently just by mistake. (Or to see it more easily.) I could not not find any other person of the name Henry Spencer Spackman. Regards, Wolfgang --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Spackman, Green, and Cole
It seems that I sent this twice to Karlheinz Schaldach, but not to the list. Dear Karlheinz, > T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, > which is only one of his publications. There are more publications by him. From different sources I compiled: Cole, T. W. The Origin and use of Scratch-Dials (London, 1935), reprinted 2001 Cole, T. W. Classification of church scratch-dials. 1935 COLE, T. W. Scratch-dials and medieval sun-dials. History and relation to scientific sundials. (Stratford St. Andrew, 1938 Cole, T. W. Scratch dials or medieval sundials : supplementary list to the list given in "Origin and use of church scratch-dials". Stratford St. Andrew, Saxmundham : [Privately published 1945] Cole, T. W. Church Sundials in Medieval England: Reginald Taylor Prize Essay 1945. 1947 (Also cited as: Cole, T. W. Church sundials in medieval England. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. for 1945-7, 3rd ser. X (1948) 77-80. [Reginald Taylor Prize Essay, 1945. Summarised by A. J. Hatley.]) Perhaps this publication in Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. contains some biographical information, because it is related to a prize. Two more findings: David A. King, George Saliba: From deferent to equant: a volume of studies in the history of science in the ancient and medieval Near East in honor of E.S. Kennedy. 1987, p. 138: "These wall dials, often called scratch dials, are described in Zinner, 1964, and in a series of three pamphlets published privately by T W. Cole ..." Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 25, 1935, p. 452: "Mr. T. W. Cole, of London, is making an effort to record and classify the primitive sundials, or scratch dials, on churches: hitherto the recognition of the subject seems to have been general rather than exact. Mr. Cole has published an interim list, ..." I could not find his first name(s). Best regards, Wolfgang Gesendet: Donnerstag, 06. April 2017 um 08:36 Uhr Von: "Karlheinz Schaldach" An: sundial@uni-koeln.de Betreff: Spackman, Green, and Cole Dear gnomonists, I am seeking for informations on Henry Spencer Spackman, who rote The timepiece of shadows: a history of the sundial. New York 1895, on Arthur Robert Green, who wrote Sundials, Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks. New York / Toronto 1926, and on T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, which is only one of his publications. 1. What job had Spackman, when was he born, when did he die? 2. What job had Green, he was born 1865, but when did he die? 3. What do T. W. stand for? What was Coles work, when was he born, when did he die? I would be glad if anyone of you could help, Karlheinz--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Fwd: Spackman, Green, and Cole
Don't know if I sent this ti the list, or just to Wolfgang. Apologies if it's a duplicate. Some of the papers of Arthur Robert Green are in the University of Southampton. He was involved in an amateur local historical society in Hampshire, England, and is described as "Dr". While this title may of course be a PhD, it's worth checking if he was simply a medical doctor. See: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/ webguidemss75.page Best wishes, Patrick *Patrick Vyvyan* *Presidente* *Corporación Cultural de Putaendo* On 6 April 2017 at 05:08, Wolfgang R. Dick wrote: > Dear Karlheinz, > > > T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London > 1935, > > which is only one of his publications. > > There are more publications by him. From different sources I compiled: > > Cole, T. W. The Origin and use of Scratch-Dials (London, 1935), > reprinted 2001 > > Cole, T. W. Classification of church scratch-dials. 1935 > > COLE, T. W. Scratch-dials and medieval sun-dials. > History and relation to scientific sundials. (Stratford St. Andrew, 1938 > > Cole, T. W. Scratch dials or medieval sundials : > supplementary list to the list given in "Origin and use of church > scratch-dials". > Stratford St. Andrew, Saxmundham : [Privately published 1945] > > Cole, T. W. Church Sundials in Medieval England: > Reginald Taylor Prize Essay 1945. 1947 > (Also cited as: Cole, T. W. Church sundials in medieval England. > Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. for 1945-7, 3rd ser. X (1948) 77-80. > [Reginald Taylor Prize Essay, 1945. Summarised by A. J. Hatley.]) > > Perhaps this publication in Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. contains > some biographical information, because it is related to a prize. > > > Two more findings: > > David A. King, George Saliba: From deferent to equant: a volume of studies > in the history of science in the ancient and medieval Near East in honor > of E.S. Kennedy. 1987, p. 138: > "These wall dials, often called scratch dials, are described in Zinner, > 1964, and in a series of three pamphlets published privately by T W. Cole > ..." > > Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities > of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 25, 1935, p. 452: > "Mr. T. W. Cole, of London, is making an effort to record and classify > the primitive sundials, or scratch dials, on churches: hitherto the > recognition of the subject seems to have been general rather than exact. > Mr. Cole has published an interim list, ..." > > I could not find his first name(s). > > Best regards, > Wolfgang > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955)
Dear Karlheinz, Here is some information on Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955), a surgeon: see http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-71/feature/ : ""Mary had ... two brothers, Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955), and ..." "Such an interest may have been encouraged by her older brother, Arthur, who apart from practising as a surgeon, was an acknowledged authority on medieval sun dials (also known as mass dials) and was eventually elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 16 January 1930.[10]" "10. For a list of publications by Arthur Green, see Peter R. Hamilton-Leggett ‘A Mass Dial Bibliography’, compiled in 1997 (http://www.ppowers.com/info/A%20MASS%20DIAL%20BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf, accessed July 2013)." Best regards, Wolfgang --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
More publications by T. W. Cole
Here are some additions and two links to digitized publications by T. W. Cole: Sumner, John, Sir; Cole, T. W.: Worcestershire scratch dials. Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society for 1932, v. 9, new series, 1933, pp. 21-24 Cole, T. W.: In Worcestershire Churches - Medieval Altar Slabs. Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, v. 10, new series, 1933[1934?], p. 69 Cole, T. W.: Worcestershire Insised Crosses. Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, v. 15, new series, 1938[1939?], p. 68 (see the index at http://worcestershirearchaeologicalsociety.org.uk/page13.html) Cole, T. W. Scratch-dials on churches : interim list. Wimbledon : Hill Book Shop 1934, 10 pp. Cole, T. W. The Origin and use of Scratch-Dials (Wimbledon: The Hill Bookshop, 1935), reprint: Herne Bay : Pierhead 2001, online version of the original: http://fulking.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/T_W_Cole_1935_Origin_and_Use_of_Church_Scratch_Dials.pdf Cole, T.W.: Medieval Church Sundials. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH REPRODUCED FROM "SCRATCH-DIALS AND MEDIEVAL CHURCH SUNDIAL", Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History, Vol. 23, 1938, Pt. 2, pp. 148-154 online version: http://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk/customers/Suffolk%20Institute/2014/01/10/Volume%20XXIII%20Part%202%20(1938)_Mediaeval%20church%20sundials%20T%20W%20Cole_148%20to%20154.pdf For even more of his publications, including newspaper articles, see: Peter R Hamilton-Leggett: A mass dial bibliography, http://www.ppowers.com/info/A%20MASS%20DIAL%20BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf Regards, Wolfgang --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Aw: Spackman, Green, and Cole
Dear Karlheinz, > T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, > which is only one of his publications. There are more publications by him. From different sources I compiled: Cole, T. W. The Origin and use of Scratch-Dials (London, 1935), reprinted 2001 Cole, T. W. Classification of church scratch-dials. 1935 COLE, T. W. Scratch-dials and medieval sun-dials. History and relation to scientific sundials. (Stratford St. Andrew, 1938 Cole, T. W. Scratch dials or medieval sundials : supplementary list to the list given in "Origin and use of church scratch-dials". Stratford St. Andrew, Saxmundham : [Privately published 1945] Cole, T. W. Church Sundials in Medieval England: Reginald Taylor Prize Essay 1945. 1947 (Also cited as: Cole, T. W. Church sundials in medieval England. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. for 1945-7, 3rd ser. X (1948) 77-80. [Reginald Taylor Prize Essay, 1945. Summarised by A. J. Hatley.]) Perhaps this publication in Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Jour. contains some biographical information, because it is related to a prize. Two more findings: David A. King, George Saliba: From deferent to equant: a volume of studies in the history of science in the ancient and medieval Near East in honor of E.S. Kennedy. 1987, p. 138: "These wall dials, often called scratch dials, are described in Zinner, 1964, and in a series of three pamphlets published privately by T W. Cole ..." Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 25, 1935, p. 452: "Mr. T. W. Cole, of London, is making an effort to record and classify the primitive sundials, or scratch dials, on churches: hitherto the recognition of the subject seems to have been general rather than exact. Mr. Cole has published an interim list, ..." I could not find his first name(s). Best regards, Wolfgang --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Spackman, Green, and Cole
Dear gnomonists, I am seeking for informations on Henry Spencer Spackman, who rote The timepiece of shadows: a history of the sundial. New York 1895, on Arthur Robert Green, who wrote Sundials, Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks. New York / Toronto 1926, and on T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, which is only one of his publications. 1. What job had Spackman, when was he born, when did he die? 2. What job had Green, he was born 1865, but when did he die? 3. What do T. W. stand for? What was Coles work, when was he born, when did he die? I would be glad if anyone of you could help, Karlheinz--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
