Dariusz, You can look up the Adler's sundials at http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/4dlink/ and enter "sundial" to come up with 465 entries.
We hope to have a better database and interface in the near future, as well as much more information about the sundials. Marvin Bolt Adjunct Professor, History and Philosophy of Science University of Notre Dame Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy Vice President for Collections Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Chicago, IL On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:33 AM, Dariusz Oczki wrote: > Dear Diallists > > I am sure many of you have heard about a sundial collection in Jędrzejów > (Jedrzejow), Poland which can be seen in the Przypkowski Museum. There is one > information repeated for many years about the collection which I would like > to confirm or update. It says the Jędrzejów sundial collection is the third > biggest in the world after those in Chicago and Oxford. Now, I've got two > questions: > > 1. Could anyone provide the numbers of sundial they have (ie. museums in > Chicago and Oxford)? > 2. Are there any other big sundial collections exceeding 400 pieces? > > In the late 70. this info could be true but as the Jędrzejów collection is no > longer expanding the situatian could dramaticaly change. All I need is to > find out the present "score" and if necessery update the info in our local > media. I would be very gratefull for the exact numbers. A curator from the > Przypkowski Museum already gave me the real number of sundials in Jędrzejów > (457 amongst 677 all kinds of astronomical instruments). > > -- > Best regards > Darek Oczki > 52N 21E > Warsaw, Poland > > GNOMONIKA.pl > Sundials in Poland > http://gnomonika.pl > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
