Nice try, but the Ferguson in question was surely much later. The dial
illustrated in Cousins looks twentieth century. More Massey Ferguson than
James Ferguson. In fact, it looks like the prototype, minus the dolphins,
for Chris Daniel's dial at Greenwich.
The MHS's online register of Scientific I
Well that settles it Patrick!
Thanks for clarifying that point.
Now hopefully, some of the dialists who have followed this discussion will
make some colored metal sundials in the future, either using powder coat or
porcelain.
John
p.s. But I still love the hand painted wall sundials found in Fr
Message text written by Tony Moss
>What do we know about Ferguson?<
James Ferguson (1710 1776)
James Ferguson was born in the parish of Rothiemay,
in Banffshire, the son of a peasant farmer. Its an
interesting comment on the value that we in the NE
have placed on education over the centuries th
Wonderful Patrick! Thanks so much for asking Chris Daniel for us.
Now we know what the large blue & gold faces are made out of and my
suspicions have been confirmed. The paint material that Chris described to
you is called "Powder Coat" It makes sense for two reasons: There are only
two colors u
Message text written by Patrick Powers
>I shall ask Chris Daniel (who is not a member of this list as far as I
know) about what he thinks the finish was on St Margaret's.<
Well, I did ask Chris Daniel about the St Margaret of Antioch dials and he
confirms that they were stove-enamelled - like my M
Fellow Shadow Watchers,
There is a dial in the London
Science Museum which also appears as Fig. 99 page 192 of 'sundials' by
Cousins.
It is a 'cylindrical equatorial' type and is described as 'Ferguson's
Solar Chronometer'. What do we know about Ferguso
John Carmichael wrote << Now here's a thought- All over England I saw
the clock faces on all the churches have only TWO colors (either black
and gold or blue and gold). This leads me to believe that these clock
faces might be made of low temp baked paint enamels and not porcelain.
Does anybody know
Greetings fellow dialists,
So the present position regarding the Hawkshead dial appears to be that
it has a longitude reference of close to 36 deg. Hawkshead is almost
exactly 3 deg. west of Greenwich. So we are looking for a longitude
baseline from Greenwich of either 39 deg. west or 33 deg. ea
