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 * Publisher: Robert Hardwicke Keywords: time anthology historic Notes: Historic book introducing horology to the educated layman through specific examples, illustrated Edition: 1875 -- Copyright: 1875 Kind: Book Pages: 189 -- Height in cm: 19 Print Status: out of print You can see it here on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=UygJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7#v=twopage&q&f=false The image was formerly used as the logo for the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, frequently with the motto, Tempus vitam regit. Some affectionately refer to it as the "old timer." Best wishes, Sara Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Science Center 251c, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-9542 | Fax: 617-496-5932 | sche...@fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html
--------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
