Fred Sawyer, in his mail to me, quoted Hilaire Belloc: "Civilisation loses its treasures by an unconscious process. It has lost them before it has appreciated that they were in the way of being lost: and when I say 'its treasures' I mean the special discoveries and crafts of mankind."
Judging by the response I had to my question of last week, there is little chance of the art of dialling being lost. May I record my thanks to all who wrote to me both on and off the list. I shall try each suggestion in due course Returning to what Belloc said about loss of treasures, some time ago I decided that dials would be wonderful adornments to buildings, both public and private, and adopted a strategem of giving every architect I know a copy of the Waugh book to stimulate interest. With modern technologies, it must be possible to incorporate accurate dials into the built environment, and by their incorporation enhance it. Paul Murphy 53* 17' N : 06* 08' W Horas non numero nisi serenas
