own ornamental
gnomon design and production methods. Well done!
Thus encouraged I may attempt a series of my own ornamental gnomons for
possible £d printers.
Many Thanks again,
Tony M.
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From: Phil Walker phil.wal...@sunandshadows.net
To: Tony Moss tonylindi
but ingenious just the same.
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an
astronomical treat in store.
Happy New Year!
Tony Moss.
P.S. The following triviality has nothing whatsoever to do with sundialling so
should be ignored by those who wish it so. My only defence is that I have not
laughed so much in ages. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed
that facts have overtaken this thought
already. :-(
Tony Moss
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From: Simon \[illustratingshadows via sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de
To: John Pickard john.pick...@bigpond.com; Sundial List sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 1:54
Attached Message
GLORIOUS! What a beautiful concept.
Tony Moss.
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From: John Carmichael jlcarmich...@comcast.net
To: Sundial List sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:01
Subject: FW: Veteran's Memorial Aperture Dial - Anthem Arizona
Hello All:
I just became aware
,
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://www.youtube.com/embed/Pwe-pA6TaZk?rel=0
Enjoy.
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I forgot to add make sure the sound is on!'
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My sundialling map problem is now solved to a high degree of accuracy. Watch
the BSS website for the final outcome of this activity in a few weeks from now.
Many Thanks to everyone who contributed.
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enter lat.-long.? If
the latter you just need a chart. Maybe Lilley and Gillie, chart agents,
in North Shields can help.
Best,
Frank 55N 1W
On 16 Aug 2014, at 19:14, Tony Moss tonylindi...@talktalk.net
mailto:tonylindi...@talktalk.net wrote:
Hi all,
For a sundialling
mentioned, the subject of map 'projections' can be
a tricky one - and most of us probably think of school atlas
maps, where it is likely to be one based on conical with two
standard parallels, where (as Tony Moss said), Latitude lines
will be slightly curved, and Longitude converging to the North
the UK too small
to be useful. Something around A4 size would be ideal. Suggestions welcome.
Thanks in anticipation,
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Hi again everyone,
My three Multi Dials are delineated from 30°/40°N - 40°/50°N and 50°/60° N
to give continuous coverage of those latitudes and NOT with a 10° gap as I sent
in a distracted moment.
Apologies,
Tony M.
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Hi again all,
The range of latitudes stated should have been 20/30°,
30/40° for USA and 50/60° for the UK etc.
Best
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. Perhaps this was to be made in
quantity for ornamental purposes which did not therefore require a gnomon?
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Francesco Caviglia francesco.cavig...@tin.it
To: Sundial Mailing List sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 17:07
Subject: A strange
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
Hi Brooke,
The cards have to be impregnated with a fireproofing solution
or a mini bonfire may result.
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Larry McDavid lmcda...@lmceng.com
To: Brooke Clarke bro...@pacific.net; Sundial Reflector sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Sat, 19
days!
Tony M.
-Original Message-
From: Douglas Bateman douglas.bate...@btinternet.com
To: jmikes...@ntlworld.com
CC: lmcda...@lmceng.com; bro...@pacific.net; sundial@uni-koeln.de; Tony Moss
tonylindi...@talktalk.net
Sent: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:34
Subject: Re: Design of Cards
Hi all,
The SML is currently quiet so I hope members won't object to me
sharing a little gem sent to me recently by Mac Oglesby.
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/touch-wood-japanese-forest-bach/3753
How many re-takes? How much editing? Who knows?
Enjoy!
Tony Moss
P.S. Apologies
Hi Jim,
That huge glass dial looks really handsome and a fine successor to
the Spectra glass tradition. As it appears to have a horizontal VI/VI line I
assume that it is true south facing?? The half hours before and after VI/VI
puzzle me somewhat though.
Kind Regards,
Tony M.
and the other
dis-assembled, is available on request to my gmail address:
lindisun...@gmail.com .
Tony Moss
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Fellow Shadow watchers,
This appears to be a few seconds fast
when judged by my sundial, ;-)
http://www.poodwaddle.com/Stats/
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. Probably the same effect noticed when looking backwards out
of a moving vehicle - trains especially. When the train stops the view from
the window continues to seemingly move.
No red wine on this occasion...honest!
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Bill Gottesman billgottes
...@rmallett.plus.com
To: David da...@davidbrownsundials.com
CC: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:18
Subject: Re: Tony Moss - hacked
On 27/09/2013 11:50, David wrote:
Dear All,
Please note that Tony Moss has had his computer hacked and cannot
communicate for the time being. He has asked me
The clearest demo' of a moving 'shadow' I've seen was Bill Gottesman's big
helical dial with double strip mirrors casting two light lines with black
'hairline' of 'shadow' in between them. I recall his real-time video of this
at a BSS Conference?? where movement was easily seen.
Tony Moss
'TimeMachine' drive by
a blundering relative armed with 2,700 unwanted jpegs I am unable to reduce the
image for SML transmission just now. :-(
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Brad Dillon brad.dillo...@yahoo.co.uk
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Wed, 3 Jul
Hi Fabio,
I note with interest that the British Sundial Society doesn't
appear in the list of 'Societies'.
Best Wishes,
Tony Moss.
-Original Message-
From: Fabio nonvedolora fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:26
In my part of the world lime mortar joints in brickwork (Victorian/Edwardian
houses) are very much thinner than those done with Portland cement. Around 5mm
as opposed to 10/12mm. Just why this was so I have no idea but would be
interested to learn.
Tony M.
-Original Message-
the burning process in chunks so
would be easily sorted from the ash perhaps? I recall my father telling me
about building sites in the early 1900's where the post slaking was done in a
wood-lined pit in the ground.
Best Wishes
Tony (Moss)
From early times until well into the nineteenth century
Hi Alexey,
It looks to me like a well-made brass sundial that has been
'butchered' by someone who didn't understand the basic functioning of sundials
in a foolish attempt to make a 'portable' dial. What a shame.
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Алексей Кру
Hi all,
I'm trying to re-locate the email address of Jim Morrison, author of
works on the astrolabe, if anyone can oblige please.
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pleasure in not warning us
sunbathers beforehand.
Tony Moss
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Karney kar...@me.com
To: brianalbinson brianalbin...@shaw.ca
CC: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:27
Subject: Re: Arabia still uses the Sundial for a practical use.
Brian (thanks
Wow John,
That has to be the largest brass sundial I ever made! ;-) but
for a 'larger than life' worthy recipient.
Best,
T.
-Original Message-
From: John Carmichael jlcarmich...@comcast.net
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 4:53
Subject: Man
looking and may be back to you.
There are many things I LOVE about Apple Computers and a few that I HATE!! ;-(
How dare they make me consign hundreds of hours careful work to the trash.
Thanks again,
Tony
-Original Message-
From: Barry Wainwright bar...@mac.com
To: Tony Moss
Fellow Shadow Watchers,
The inauguration of the dial at
Holland College on Prince Edward Island was successful and is described in this
college news release.
http://www.hollandcollege.com/news/news_detail.php?id=1669
Tony Moss
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be nearby at
the time.
How I wish I could be there :-(
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. In the
handover period email connections can be made via lindisun189@gmail
although I'm just getting to grips with that too. :-(
Fingers crossed.
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, free-spirited, maverick, eccentric, original, deviant,
misfit, dropout, ('ornery' for the US)...self and stick with my own
discriminating definition. ;-)
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On 06/02/2012 20:17, Richard Mallett wrote:
On 06/02/2012 19:30, Maureen Salmi wrote:
Good morning,
Nice screenshot! This is rapper Flavor Flav, who was famous for
wearing huge clocks around his neck in the 80's and 90's. You can
see photos on his Wikipedia page. This is a pretty funny
On 20/01/2012 11:49, Mike Shaw wrote:
I spotted the photo yesterday.
It looks remarkably like a Tony Moss dial plate, but not like a Tony
Moss gnomon.
No doubt he will tell us.
Mike Shaw
53º 22'N 03º02'W
www.wiz.to/sundials
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No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
System 10.6.8.
Once one gets used to the various controls I find it impressively
powerful and can hardly believe that its is FREE.
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course this assumes that True North is a vertical line in a Google Earth
view. As the stone dial, made by a subcontractor, is to be set into a
deep cavity in the rough stonework a little 'wedgeing' on installation
should compensate.
Any comparable drawing program should work this way.
Tony Moss
and
can then print out a voucher or somesuch to collect the package.
BEWARE,
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Ouch!
Tony M.
On 29/10/2011 17:00, jim senato wrote:
let these people know to call fedex next time
why would you actually go as far as filling out a form
call if you arent surewouldnt you know if you were tracking a
package
without filling out somethingtell them to use
/listinfo/sundial
Try placing two identical coins (milled edges if possible) on the table
and roll one around the other back to its starting point while counting
the number of time the moving coin rotates.
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I know the Eyam dial very well and have a recent jpeg open alongside
this 'creation'. Clearly it is the same dial but the multi-arch bridge
and the cloudy sky etc. don't appear anywhere on the pure golden stone
of the original.
A .png of the contrasting dials on request.
Tony Moss
On 01
can be scaled to any size.
Can you view an Illustrator 3 file or would you prefer some other format
if this sounds suitable.
Tony Moss
Lindisfarne Sundials - no longer - so I have time on my hands for
occasional fun challenges.
P.S. For info' it took less than 30 minutes to complete
.
Tony Moss
P.S. When I get a moment I'll make an enlarged print and find out the
intended latitude.
P.P.S. Why didn't I buy 50! ;-)
On 16/08/2011 10:06, Jackie Jones wrote:
To know that the 2 minutes have passed, they have to be marked on the dial
face. This introduces the practical
beautifully.
Apologies if I seem to be 'teaching my granny to suck eggs' here (I hope
that means something US side).
Tony Moss
On 16/08/2011 15:40, karon wrote:
That made me think of something else. Extremely precise dials with tiny
subdivisions marked would also have long term inaccuracy
Hi all,
Wikipedia and Google can offer nothing useful and I know no
greater collection of contactable intellect than the SML.
A phrase in Shakepeare has intrigued me since 'A' Level Eng. Lit'. and
I think I have a feasible interpretation of it. Off list to discuss if
you are
involve the
Royal Mail and probably Pony Express and I need to know quickly. Can
someone satisfy my curiosity with a translation please?
Tony Moss
P.S. For the curious the Hermitage can be found at
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2043589
Fellow SML readers,
I recall reading somewhere that special
measuring individuals - probably slaves - had their stride length set by
a length of chain which would work very well if the surface was
reasonably flat...or did I dream it?
Tony Moss
On 28/07/2011 17
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What a wonderful idea! I predict a significant market success.
Well done!
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a sundial for teaching
purposes, a latitude-independent 'universal' version is my latest
development.
Hope this helps.
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On 30/06/2011 16:14, Schechner, Sara wrote:
Tony,
You were wondering about the source of the print of an Victorian
gentleman checking his pocket watch against a sundial in a garden.
The image is from the title page of
. Title: Time and Time-Tellers
. Author: James W. Benson
.
Reading Sundial' and is a C18th?? BW
drawing (180k) and therefore too big to pass the SML size filter.
Sadly I can't recall where I found it many years ago but I'll email
copies to the curious on request. Perhaps someone could identify the
source as I'd love to know it?
Tony Moss.
P.S
activities in a school playground...after standing upright and walking
around that is. ;-)
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Something similar is to be seen in clocks which correct for solar time
via a 'kidney cam'. The Pilkington and Gibbs Heliochronometer uses a
version of it too.
Tony Moss
with conventional metalworking drills an
end mill could be used to 'spot face' a flat on the slope before
continuing with a conventional drill.
Hope this helps.
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that there can be streams cascading down the pothole too so take a
waterproof coat with you to avoid a soaking as the winch lowers you down
into the darkness on that 'bosun's chair'.
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On 29/05/2011 16:25, Jack Aubert wrote:
My reaction was:
A pub with a sundial and something called a pothole complete with
winch to lower you into it! Is a pothole full of ale? Wow. The UK
does it again!
Jack
Hi all,
I'll risk boring The List a little further by explaining
of things teachers are saying under
their breath about the awful National Curriculum. After all...
There is many a good career built upon ten things a day left unsaid!
so it takes courage put one's head above the parapet and speak out
against political sacred cows.
Tony Moss
they work. So where is the
potential for learning in that?
Tony Moss
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In the light of your comment I'd be interested to have your professional
opinion on the potential my 'MultiDial' (recent jpeg sent) which was
devised especially with schools in mind. These could be produced for
much less than £500 and would be very durable in a school situation.
Best Wishes
Tony Moss
not already seen it then How Sundials Work on the BSS
website could be useful too.
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/HDSW.htm
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krajów - country index (where: Anglia = England, Stany Zjednoczone =
US)
Have fun watching
Hi Darek,
Your beautiful website is a 'feast for the eyes'.
Thanks for sharing,
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in the sun today sitting indoors
changing all my clocks.
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And he's got a lot to change! :-)
Tony Moss
near the
mouth of the river Tyne.
Jpeg on request.
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as a novelty. The same
plate was displayed at a NASS conference where we had secretly agreed a
special prize for anyone who noticed the error but nobody did so.
The person who 'never made a mistake probably never made anything!
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On 17/02/2011 23:06, Peter Mayer wrote:
Hi Brent,
If you've not seen it before, you may enjoy the 'Universal
Corrective Map' (pinched from: www.odt.org/southupmaps.htm)
best wishes,
Peter
Hi Peter,
I do like that concept, especially because it would make
trips from
cubic cm.
Can one 'print' a dial, gnomon and all, for example? Could an
incompetent like me print out a fabulously ornate gnomon which
hitherto only the likes of Tony Moss could create?
Go for it Peter! I charge much more than that!
Presumable the metal versions are made from 'sintered' powder
. In the latter case you simply move the graph plot up or down
from the zero line by the amount of the LC. This is also easier when
the LC isn't a whole number of degrees.
I'll leave you to work it out which way you have to move the numerals in
this case.
Hope this simplifies it.
Tony Moss
painted in seemingly perfect perspective in 'The Ambassadors'. I'd
not be surprise to learn that Holbein used an aid such as a simple pinhole
camera to enable him to portray everything with such perfection.
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On 07/01/2011 00:13, Fritz Stumpges wrote:
Well that could go either way yet! I always thought that
the N pole on a magnet really was the North Polarity and
that the geographical north pole was actually a South Polarity.
Wiki agrees but what's that worth?
a 'north seeking' pole i/e.
magnetically a 'south' pole.
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UV proof and sold for
that purpose so that is what I chose.
Fifteen years later very little remains of the colours. Green was the
first to go, then yellow.
I don't mind spending time but I do hate wasting it.
Good luck with your choice,
Tony Moss
and prosperous New Year to everyone on this
Wonderful List.
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Davis and
Michael Lowne, published by the BSS
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/publications.htm , will be found in the
new blog of John Hayes at:
http://www.jahayes.com
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emails and
surf the net on my iMac desktop but, as yet, can't send emails. The
once-wonderful Demon helpline is now staffed by someone who thinks he
speaks English...but doesn't... hence the problem. I must change ISP
but so far haven't been able to face the hassle.
Best Wishes,
Tony Moss
/hi/england/7535649.stm
This may well be 'old news' to many but it is the first I have heard of it.
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museums would
be most welcome.
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On 13/10/2010 16:55, Frank King wrote:
Dear Tony,
You say...
I shall be staying near Brescia in Lombardia...
One thing you can do is to visit
http://www.sundialsatlas.eu
You then click on the map button at the top and,
by dragging the map and zooming, home in on
On 13/10/2010 18:19, Frans W. Maes wrote:
Dear Tony,
The ITINERARIO ARTE SCIENZA:
http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Attivita/Attivita_Scuole/Tour_Astronomico.htm
has several stops related to astronomy and sundials. Last year I
downloaded an English version, but it seems that presently
go from strength to strength.
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+ are ordered) UK£90 including VAT reducing
to £50 if larger quantities are ordered.
Please contact me off List to express a serious but 'no obligation'
interest.
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for
experimental purposes. At the moment I'm considering 4 metres of film
in a card tube at £20 including uk postage or 25 Euros to the continent.
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Frank Evans wrote:
Original Message
Subject: Re: Polar sundials
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:15:53 +0100
From: Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk
To: kool...@dickkoolish.com
Greetings, fellow dialists,
More universally, imagine a point on the
somewhere. I hope my memory serves me well on this?
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with a short cylindrical 'snout' were
triumphantly seized upon. Ooops!...I'd drawn a fair lookalike of the
sort of 'bomb' carried by anarchists in comic books.
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Hi all,
A version of 'How Sundials Work' in Russian is now available as
a downloadable PDF on the BSS website (thanks to Alexei Kroutiakov)
(http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/)
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corrections is now up
and running.
There are, so far, buttons to access re-worked versions in Polish and
Brazilian Portuguese (first two parts of four) with others in preparation.
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of
the Duck material packaging and the first successful cut on application.
Tony Moss
P.S. I have no connection with the makers or sellers of this product.
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://gnomonika.pl/?id=23
http://gnomonika.pl/?id=24
http://gnomonika.pl/?id=25
Thank You Darek!
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Cut by Kindersley Cardozo ISBN 0 9501946 7 0 where
the tools and techniques are described in detail.
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Hi all,
Two recent offers should result in a Czech and a Brazillian
Portuguese version of 'How Sundials Work'.
Regards
Tony Moss.
P.S. I am currently preparing a set of pages with the English text
removed and a revised Title Page (Yellow perspective lettering.) to
correspond
is obtained from the author (Tony Moss, Email:
t...@lindisun.demon.co.uk) and a live link is included to the British
Sundial Society website http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/
If you send me a translation into your language I will prepare an
artwork title page.
Tony M
Hi all,
A German version of HSW is now a probability.
Best
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Hi all,
It now seems there will be a translation of How Sundials
Work into Polish in due course.
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