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http://gnomonika.pl/files/calendar_2013_pages.jpg<http://gnomonika_pl/files/calendar_2013_pages.jpg> <http://gnomonika_pl/files/calendar_2013_pages.jpg>-- Jan On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM, David Bell <db...@thebells.net> wrote: > Server not found? > > Sent from my iPhone > > 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 > >
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