Re: STONE SUNDIAL
Many thanks for everyone who responded to my request below. The best option turned out to be the British Geological Survey who can do a full petrographic analysis of the stone, then identify, provenance and stone-match it, for a charge of £400 plus VAT. However this is quite expensive, but if you give them your budget, they will say what they can do for that. Regards Dennis Cowan From: Dennis Cowan [mailto:dennis.co...@btinternet.com] Sent: 01 November 2016 20:09 To: Sundial List <sundial@uni-koeln.de> Subject: STONE SUNDIAL Does anyone know of a facility in the UK where a piece of stone from a sundial can be sent to try to establish where the stone originated from? Dennis Cowan Sent from my Mobile Does anyone know of a facility in the UK where a piece of stone from a sundial can be sent to try to establish where the stone originated from? Dennis Cowan Sent from my Mobile--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
STONE SUNDIAL
Does anyone know of a facility in the UK where a piece of stone from a sundial can be sent to try to establish where the stone originated from? Dennis Cowan Sent from my Mobile--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)
Richard says that "it's rare to see winter weather in March" Unless you are in Scotland of course. It was snowing here yesterday! Dennis Cowan Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: Richard Mallett <postmas...@rmallett.plus.com> Date:07/03/2016 17:29 (GMT+00:00) To: John Pickard <john.pick...@bigpond.com>, Sundial List <sundial@uni-koeln.de> Subject: Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) On 06/03/2016 22:52, John Pickard wrote: > Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere > still stuck in winter), > > The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 > March 2016, p. 39) > > "Still summer in Sydney. > > It's hard not to be amused by the apparently genuine surprise > expressed this past week - mainly by television weather presenters - > at the high temperatures being recorded around the country 'in the > first week of autumn'. I'm not sure which authority declared that > autumn starts on March 1; however the change of seasons is an > immutable astronomical event resulting from a shift in the earth's > axis each three months on the two equinoxes and the two solstices, > which coincide with the human invented calendar dates of > (approximately) March and September 21; and June and December 21. So > it has not been an amazingly hot start to "autumn'; it is still summer > and will be for nearly three more weeks. > > Martyn Yeomans, St Ives." > > > Relying on TV weather presenters for anything other than a forecast > taken directly from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (in our case) > is a bit silly. TV presenters are selected on their good looks (that's > why I didn't make it!), laser-whitened teeth, and their ability to > smile while talking under wet cement. They are never selected on their > knowledge of anything. > > And yes, it is still summery here, temperatures in high 20s, > wall-to-wall blue sky. Lovely! > > Cheers, John > > Dr John Pickard > john.pick...@bigpond.com > > In a VERY sunny Sydney. > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > Meteorologically, in the Northern hemisphere, the seasons are :- Winter - December, January, February Spring - March, April, May Summer - June, July, August Autumn - September, October, November Of course, we can have an 'Indian summer' which lasts into September; but it's rare to see winter weather in March. -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo re sundial digest volume 120 issue 9
This is the Wikipedia article on the site north of quito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Mitad_del_Mundo Dennis Cowan Sundials of Scotland Sent from my Mobile--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
SUNDIALS OF SCOTLAND
You may wish to follow my Facebook page where I will be regularly posting photos of Scottish sundials that I have seen. Go to Facebook and search for Sundials of Scotland. Regards Dennis Cowan Sent from my Mobile--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Number of sundials
A slightly different question - which building has the most sundials? George Heriots School in Edinburgh has 11 sundials, each with two faces, all original and dating from around 1650 incorporated into the fabric of the main building. Dennis Cowan Sent from my Mobile Original message From: Art Krenzel phoenix98...@msn.com Date: 18/03/2015 12:21 AM (GMT+00:00) To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Number of sundials Here is a good question for such an august group of sundialists (and I don't know the real answer). Which city in the world has the most sundials and how many do they have? Art Krenzel --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin
For info the text in the programme was a slight misquote from my article in the Sept 2013 issue entitled the sundials of Robert Palmer, Schoolmaster. It also showed tbe photo in fig 5 of the article. regards Dennis Cowan Sent from my mobile. Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk wrote: I didn't recognise some of the quotations. Could they have been genuine? Frank 55N 1W On 24 May 2014, at 09:53, Tony Moss tonylindi...@talktalk.net wrote: I wonder who made the connection? Tony Moss -Original Message- From: jmikes...@ntlworld.com To: Sundial List sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Fri, 23 May 2014 23:48 Subject: BSS Bulletin Good to see the British Sundial Society’s Bulletin featured on this evening’s edition of “Have I got News For You” on BBC1 Mike Shaw 53º 22' North 03º 02' West www.wiz.to/sundials No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3950/7549 - Release Date: 05/23/14 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin
Dear Frank I can indeed confirm that the clock was stopped at 12. I took the photo at 09.55am. The church on which the clock is mounted had recently been sold and I expect that the new owners has not yet appointed a Keeper of the Clock! Regards Dennis - Original Message - From: Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk To: Dennis Cowan dennis.co...@btinternet.com Cc: Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk; Sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:25 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin Dear Dennis, You note: It also showed the photo in fig 5 of the article. Indeed so, and they drew attention to the clock on the building behind the empty pedestal, adding words to the effect that: Even with the sundial missing experts can still tell the time. Maybe but, I suspect, not with that clock. It looks as though it has been stopped at 12. Perhaps you can confirm one way or another! Kirkbean is clearly a challenging place to tell the time unless you bring along your own equipment! Frank --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
SCOTTISH SUNDIAL
Many thanks to all who provided details and photos. Perhaps not the answer I was hoping for, but not unexpected. It's good though to find a couple of other dials with the same compass and motto. Thanks again. Dennis - Original Message - From: sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:37 PM Subject: sundial Digest, Vol 97, Issue 10 Send sundial mailing list submissions to sundial@uni-koeln.de To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de You can reach the person managing the list at sundial-ow...@uni-koeln.de When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of sundial digest... Today's Topics: 1. SCOTTISH SUNDIAL (Dennis Cowan) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:36:42 - From: Dennis Cowan dennis.co...@btinternet.com To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: SCOTTISH SUNDIAL Message-ID: DEA83DD9C95540F286488F59B4931831@home Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I wonder if anyone on the list can help? I received photos of this sundial from a lady in the USA. She aquired it whilst she lived in Scotland some twenty odd years ago. I'm trying to trace the possible origins for her. I am not sure if the date of 1684 is genuine as it looks quite fresh, but a reproduction would surely use a known motto and I have never heard of this one Ye Shade Teecheth. The compass is also unusual to me. Does anyone have any opinions? Is it original or a reproduction.? Does anyone recognise the motto or style of compass? Many thanks Dennis Cowan -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/private/sundial/attachments/20140121/6eb96b7d/attachment.html -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Compass.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26804 bytes Desc: not available URL: https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/private/sundial/attachments/20140121/6eb96b7d/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Motto.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 53880 bytes Desc: not available URL: https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/private/sundial/attachments/20140121/6eb96b7d/attachment-0001.jpg -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ sundial mailing list sundial@uni-koeln.de https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- End of sundial Digest, Vol 97, Issue 10 *** --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
ABBOTSFORD SUNDIAL
On behalf of the Abbotsford Trust who look after Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish Borders, I am trying to source a photograph or sketch of the small horizontal sundial that was placed in the gardens in 1817. The plinth and shaft are still in place but the dial has been missing for a number of years. In the book Sundials and Roses of Yesterday, Alice Morse Earle notes that an exact reproduction was placed in a garden at Hillside, Menand's, New York. She shows a photo of the dial, but the detail cannot be seen. Any assistance in obtaining a photo or sketch showing the detail of the dial or any detail about its description would be very much appreciated. Regards Dennis Cowan www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Shadow Question
The answer a mother would give to question 3 is simple ask your father. Dennis Sent from my samsung mobile on O2 Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: Dear All, Widely reported in U.K. news reports today are the top five questions that children ask their mothers: 1) Why is water wet? 2) Where does the sky end? 3) What are shadows made of? 4) Why is the sky blue? 5) How do fish breathe under water? I am delighted to note that children are seemingly so interested in our subject area; questions 2, 3 and 4 are definitely sundial related! Clearly we should try to exploit this enthusiasm. Meantime... Could some Mum on this list please let us know the answer she gives to Q3? Frank H. King Cambridge, U.K. Example References: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/idUSnMKW103a+70+MKW20130328 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9959026/Mothers-asked-nearly-300-questio ns-a-day-study-finds.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
RE: Sundials worthy of a tour in England
Sara If you are going to go as far north as Durham, then you might as well go a wee bit further and come to Scotland where we have many sundials unique to Scotland ! regards Dennis Sent from my samsung mobile on O2 Schechner, Sara sche...@fas.harvard.edu wrote: Excellent idea! I’ll suggest that we head to Durham! Thanks! From: Frank Evans [mailto:frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:26 AM To: Schechner, Sara Subject: Re: Sundials worthy of a tour in England Dear Sara, You are following the usual visitor route in England, i.e. only calling at the bottom half. There are no Roman dials in England and the two oldest are Anglo-Saxon dials in the north. One, the Anglo-Saxon dial at Escomb, County Durham, (BSS Register 4752) from around 700, is an absolute gem in a gem of an entirely Anglo-Saxon church. In the same county is Durham Cathedral with its noon line (BSS Register 0825) for regulating the church clocks. The cathedral is another knock-out, claimed to be the finest Romanesque building in the world, on a spectacular headland and defended by its own castle. You should consider this, and there are plenty more dials of interest locally including several more Anglo-Saxon ones. Also, of course, this part of the world is stuffed with history, the original home of railways, turbines, electric light and Hadrian's Wall, also Georgian town centres and more castles than the Rhine, not to mention the odd Broadway success from tiny local theatres (Close the Coalhouse Door and The Pitmen Painters, to name a couple). Best, Frank 55N, 1.5W On 23/01/2013 13:42, Schechner, Sara wrote: Dear Kevin (and other members of the Sundial List), I am leading a Harvard Museums of Science and Culture tour to England at the end of September 2013 on the theme of Time, in conjunction with an exhibition I am curating at Harvard called Time and Time Again: How Science and Culture Shape the Past, Present, and Future. (The exhibition will have more sundials than you can shake a stick at, and I’ll write more about it in another letter.) The tour will be in London, Greenwich, Oxford, Bath, Lyme Regis, and Salisbury, and maybe York. I am familiar with the museum collections at Oxford, Greenwich, and the British Museum, but less so of mass /church sundials, Saxon dials, and other historical ones that a coach could stop at en route to somewhere or as part of a tour. I would love to hear your ideas! Sara 42°36'N 71° 22'W West Newton, MA 02465 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
SCOTTISH SUNDIAL CALENDAR
Hello All I have produced a 2011 calendar showing photos of Scottish sundials that is available to be printed from my website www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk free of charge. Regards Dennis Cowan--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Aberdour Sundials
See my website www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk for photos of the three sundials at Aberdour Castle. Go to the Sundial Register page and choose the Register with one sundial per page option. This brings uo a .pdf file. Enter Aberdour into the find option. Then scroll down to see the details including photos of the three sundialos. Dennis - Original Message - From: sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: sundial Digest, Vol 52, Issue 31 Send sundial mailing list submissions to sundial@uni-koeln.de To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de You can reach the person managing the list at sundial-ow...@uni-koeln.de When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of sundial digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (John Foad) 2. FW: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (Andrew Pettit) 3. Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (John Foad) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:20:51 +0100 From: John Foad john.f...@keme.co.uk Subject: Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: Richard Mallett 100114@compuserve.com, Sundial Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: e98af4446fbf46ddbc9b3906f37c7...@toshiba Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Richard, Thanks for pointing this out. It is a nice dial - No 900 in the BSS Register. In fact the castle was built over the period 1606-1648 by William, Earl of Morton. The initials, WM and ACM, are presumably those of William and his wife. The dial was said to bear the date of 1635, but it is no longer legible. Regards, John - Original Message - From: Richard Mallett 100114@compuserve.com To: Sundial Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Today's Earth Picture of the Day at http://epod.usra.edu/ is of a sundial at Aberdour Castle at Fife in Scotland that (according to the contributor Jeanette Stafford) is over 300 years old. If it is no longer the 26th. when you read this, you will have to click on Previous :-) -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:43 +0100 From: Andrew Pettit and...@lucastes.co.uk Subject: FW: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: 07f06c4fc3c14db5a6067b4c4c862...@andrew3cc5feb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Andrew Pettit ~~ e-mail: and...@lucastes.co.uk Postman Pat: 3, Lucastes Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, West Sussex, RH16 1JJ ENGLAND Tel. UK: +44 (0)1444 453111 ~~ -Original Message- From: Andrew Pettit [mailto:and...@lucastes.co.uk] Sent: 27 April 2010 09:10 To: 'Richard Mallett'; 'sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de' Subject: RE: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Richard Aberdour a is relatively small place yet this is not the only dial to see ~ there is also a polyhedron dial! As I recall it is also in the grounds of the castle. Perhaps others can give further information. Regards Andrew Pettit ~ who lives well south of you in England (leave alone the Scottish border). -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Richard Mallett Sent: 26 April 2010 22:24 To: Sundial Mailing List Subject: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Today's Earth Picture of the Day at http://epod.usra.edu/ is of a sundial at Aberdour Castle at Fife in Scotland that (according to the contributor Jeanette Stafford) is over 300 years old. If it is no longer the 26th. when you read this, you will have to click on Previous :-) -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:41:23 +0100 From: John Foad john.f...@keme.co.uk Subject: Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: 6e222ce8fd9647ee8c751665ce139...@toshiba Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Andrew, You are quite right, and any visitor to the area might like to know that Aberdour has, in addition to the
Aberdour Sundials
See my website www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk for photos of the three sundials at Aberdour Castle. Go to the Sundial Register page and choose the Register with one sundial per page option. This brings up a .pdf file. Enter Aberdour into the find option. Then scroll down to see the details including photos of the three sundials. Dennis - Original Message - From: sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: sundial Digest, Vol 52, Issue 31 Send sundial mailing list submissions to sundial@uni-koeln.de To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sundial-requ...@uni-koeln.de You can reach the person managing the list at sundial-ow...@uni-koeln.de When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of sundial digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (John Foad) 2. FW: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (Andrew Pettit) 3. Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 (John Foad) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:20:51 +0100 From: John Foad john.f...@keme.co.uk Subject: Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: Richard Mallett 100114@compuserve.com, Sundial Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: e98af4446fbf46ddbc9b3906f37c7...@toshiba Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Richard, Thanks for pointing this out. It is a nice dial - No 900 in the BSS Register. In fact the castle was built over the period 1606-1648 by William, Earl of Morton. The initials, WM and ACM, are presumably those of William and his wife. The dial was said to bear the date of 1635, but it is no longer legible. Regards, John - Original Message - From: Richard Mallett 100114@compuserve.com To: Sundial Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Today's Earth Picture of the Day at http://epod.usra.edu/ is of a sundial at Aberdour Castle at Fife in Scotland that (according to the contributor Jeanette Stafford) is over 300 years old. If it is no longer the 26th. when you read this, you will have to click on Previous :-) -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:43 +0100 From: Andrew Pettit and...@lucastes.co.uk Subject: FW: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: 07f06c4fc3c14db5a6067b4c4c862...@andrew3cc5feb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Andrew Pettit ~~ e-mail: and...@lucastes.co.uk Postman Pat: 3, Lucastes Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, West Sussex, RH16 1JJ ENGLAND Tel. UK: +44 (0)1444 453111 ~~ -Original Message- From: Andrew Pettit [mailto:and...@lucastes.co.uk] Sent: 27 April 2010 09:10 To: 'Richard Mallett'; 'sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de' Subject: RE: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Richard Aberdour a is relatively small place yet this is not the only dial to see ~ there is also a polyhedron dial! As I recall it is also in the grounds of the castle. Perhaps others can give further information. Regards Andrew Pettit ~ who lives well south of you in England (leave alone the Scottish border). -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Richard Mallett Sent: 26 April 2010 22:24 To: Sundial Mailing List Subject: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 Today's Earth Picture of the Day at http://epod.usra.edu/ is of a sundial at Aberdour Castle at Fife in Scotland that (according to the contributor Jeanette Stafford) is over 300 years old. If it is no longer the 26th. when you read this, you will have to click on Previous :-) -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:41:23 +0100 From: John Foad john.f...@keme.co.uk Subject: Re: Earth Picture of the Day 26th. April 2010 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Message-ID: 6e222ce8fd9647ee8c751665ce139...@toshiba Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Andrew, You are quite right, and any visitor to the area might like to know that Aberdour has, in addition to the vertical
