There was more about the blue moon as two full moons in the same
month (incidentally it happens again this month). It was suggested that it
was a reference to the practice of printers of diaries who thought it
necessary to distinguish between the two full moons in the month by
printing
Im told that just this week a dial that sounds rather similar was
stolen from near Barnsley (S. Yorks). Not listed in the BSS register. I'll
try to come up with some more information if nobody beats me to it.
Richard Crossley.
Dept. of Physics,
I am interested in the question of the background colour of a
vertical sundial. On the University administration building here,
Heslington Hall, we have a very fine clock - sundial pair of 1855, by
Thomas Cooke of York, possibly more famous for his telescopes. For some
reason clocks
Can anyone help with an instrument maker called (Michael?)
Butterfield (around late 17th century)? Possibly two of them, e.g. father
and son. It is suggested they worked in York (U.K). Any information
welcomed.
Thanks!
At the risk of stating the obvious ... you do know of Mrs.
Gatty's Book of Sundials. This is actually a collection of sundial mottoes
in alphabetical order, with sites and dates where available. Mostly
England, but a few elsewhere (as I recall). There are four editions,
around 1900.
On
Tarquin Publications of Stradbroke, Diss IP21 5JP, England,
publish a splendid cut-out book of Sundials and Timedials, by Gerald
Jenkins and Magdalen Bear (ISBN 0 906212 59 6) - very cheap! I believe
the same publisher offers an Astrolabe in the same format.
At the other extreme
