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On Dec 13, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Darek Oczki <dhar...@o2.pl> wrote: > Dear Friends. > > I am about to publish a limited edition of a sundial calendar for year 2013. > It is my third production and it is very exclusive - the number of copies > will be limited. The calendar comes in two language editions (English and > Polish). This year's subject: Sundials made by Tadeusz Przypkowski. > > Tadeusz Przypkowski was the greatest sundial authority in Poland of the XXth > century and he himself delineated and made a number of dials both in his home > country and abroad. He also published a number of articles and books on > astronomy, gnomonics and history of science. His father, Felix, started a > sundial collection which later became the third biggest in the world (after > Chicago and Oxford). It is now known as the Przypkowski Museum and it is > located in Jędrzejów, Poland. Tadeusz for his entire life was part of this > project. > > Below you will find an introduction note taken from the calendar: > > "An unveiling ceremony of a very special sundial took place on 10th October > 2012 at the former Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It was originally > designed in 1968 by Tadeusz Przypkowski (1905-1977) from Jędrzejów, Poland, > which is considered a Mecca of Polish gnomonics, i.e. the art of sundial > making. Unfortunately the original dial was made of wood so it did not last > for many years. > > The renewed design was produced by Christopher Daniel of the British Sundial > Society, and another member, Ben Jones, carved the new dial in green slate. > In this way sundial enthusiasts of UK saluted a memory of a great doyen of > dialling. > > Those events inspired this presentation of the best sundials bearing the mark > of Tadeusz Przypkowski. His first dials were created before WWII and though > only some of them survived to our times, they still surprise and delight us > with their beauty, dignity and the excellence of the author." > > Here are links to thumbnail images of the cover: > http://gnomonika_pl/files/calendar_2013_cover.jpg (80kB) > > and all the month pages: > http://gnomonika_pl/files/calendar_2013_pages.jpg (180kB) > > Should anyone be inetersted in having a copy, please do not hasited to > contact me in a private message. > > -- > 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
