Re: Old sundial pictures
Hi Donald, Have you seen this one of a 19th century lady by her sundial? I can send a higher res version direct if you like. John -Original Message- From: Donald Christensen Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 6:16 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Old sundial pictures I'm putting together a presentation about the history of sundials. I'm primarily after history pictures of people interacting with the sundial. Do you know where I can find some? -- Cheers Donald 0423 102 090 This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Un-authorized use of this email is subject to penalty of law. So there! --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial attachment: Ellaline Terriss small.jpg--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Old sundial pictures
Sara The pictures are now on www.precisedirections.co.uk Best regards Kevin p.s. Sara, I sent you an e-mail on 8th May re a visit to Boston/Cambridge - did it get spammed-out ? On 30 Jun 2011, at 01:52, Schechner, Sara wrote: Did I miss part of this thread? I am curious to see the images referred to. Are they posted on a website? Sara 42°21'N 71° 14'W -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Donald Christensen Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:24 PM To: Kevin Karney Cc: Sundials List Subject: Re: Old sundial pictures Kevin I really like the St Petersburg one! the other black and white g792092 is another great one. Thank you. Does anyone have any older ones? A scanned image from a book will do. dchristensen...@gmail.com On 6/30/11, Kevin Karney kar...@me.com wrote: Hi Donald Any of these of any use? I personally love the Victorian lady picture (a memento mori - see what the gardner is carrying) and the one from St Petersburg palace with the communist apparatjik, showing the secret service man, the poor peasant and the school teacher how the dial works Where are you based ? I also lecture on the history of Sundials... --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
FW: source of NAWCC old timer logo
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=UygJIAAJpg=PR7#v=twopageqf=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
Re: FW: source of NAWCC old timer logo
On 30/06/2011 16:14, Schechner, Sara wrote: 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=UygJIAAJpg=PR7#v=twopageqf=false http://books.google.com/books?id=UygJIAAJpg=PR7#v=twopageqf=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 Many Thanks for this Sara, Very interesting but certainly this wasn't my source. It's an attractive image so it must have been used elsewhere and was eventually copied to me. Regards, Tony --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
