Re: Sundials in museums
Dear Darek, I am not sure about what you are looking for. There are about 100 museums in Europe with more than 20 sundials in their collection. And there are more with less, but also signifact dials. Many museums have most part of their sundial collection closed for the public, but you may get access if ask before. What I want to say is that the list you present is quite nice and those are collections with really many dials but I till now I met only people who had time to travel through one or two countries, besides some Asian people. Lets teke Ireland, for instance: there are 134 dials in various collections and about 200 fixed dials. Enough to visit for a 3-week-journey Best wishes Karlheinz From: dharani Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 1:36 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Sundials in museums Hello I would like to thank everyone who replied to my recent inquiry about sundial collections in museums. This is what I compliled based on all the suggestions: - The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France - Musée du Louvre, Paris, France - Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, USA - Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA - The Przypkowski Museum, Jędrzejów, Poland - The Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków, Poland - Wroclaw University Museum, Wrocław, Poland - Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, UK - Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK - Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK - Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Minan, Italy - Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden - Musée de la Vie Wallonne, Liege, Belgium As I do similar research in my country I know there is about 20 other museums in Poland having sundials in their collections but the instrument quantity is rather insignificant. Is there anything else one should consider while traveling? I guess the best thing to do would be a worldwide sundial museums database with all the necessery data, practical info, collection description, and photos of the dials. What do you think about this? -- 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
RE: Sundials in museums
Another large collection, but in storage is that of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. As Karlheinz observed, there are fine but small collections in many locations, including archives, such as the David Eugene Smith Collection in the Columbia University Archives, New York. Or the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden. Or the National Technical Museum<http://www.ntm.cz/>, Prague. Indeed, many of the museums on this list provided by the NAWCC<http://www.nawcc-index.net/Museums.php> would have sundials. Sara J. Schechner Altazimuth Arts 42°36'N 71° 22'W West Newton, MA 02465 http://www.altazimutharts.com/ Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Lecturer on the History of Science 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<mailto:sche...@fas.harvard.edu> | @SaraSchechner http://scholar.harvard.edu/saraschechner http://chsi.harvard.edu/ From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of dharani Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 8:37 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Sundials in museums Hello I would like to thank everyone who replied to my recent inquiry about sundial collections in museums. This is what I compliled based on all the suggestions: - The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France - Musée du Louvre, Paris, France - Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, USA - Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA - The Przypkowski Museum, Jędrzejów, Poland - The Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków, Poland - Wroclaw University Museum, Wrocław, Poland - Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, UK - Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK - Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK - Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Minan, Italy - Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden - Musée de la Vie Wallonne, Liege, Belgium As I do similar research in my country I know there is about 20 other museums in Poland having sundials in their collections but the instrument quantity is rather insignificant. Is there anything else one should consider while traveling? I guess the best thing to do would be a worldwide sundial museums database with all the necessery data, practical info, collection description, and photos of the dials. What do you think about this? -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums
Hello I would like to thank everyone who replied to my recent inquiry about sundial collections in museums. This is what I compliled based on all the suggestions: - The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France - Musée du Louvre, Paris, France - Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, USA - Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA - The Przypkowski Museum, Jędrzejów, Poland - The Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków, Poland - Wroclaw University Museum, Wrocław, Poland - Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, UK - Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK - Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK - Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Minan, Italy - Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden - Musée de la Vie Wallonne, Liege, Belgium As I do similar research in my country I know there is about 20 other museums in Poland having sundials in their collections but the instrument quantity is rather insignificant. Is there anything else one should consider while traveling? I guess the best thing to do would be a worldwide sundial museums database with all the necessery data, practical info, collection description, and photos of the dials. What do you think about this? -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums
Darek, You have forgotten the the Deutsches Museum in München. There is a sundial garden on a 5th floor outside terrace, which is a showcase of all possible - modern - types. Reported by Frans Maes on january 11. Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 22-jan-2016, om 13:36 heeft dharani het volgende geschreven: > Hello > > I would like to thank everyone who replied to my recent inquiry about sundial > collections in museums. > This is what I compliled based on all the suggestions: > > - The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France > - Musée du Louvre, Paris, France > - Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, USA > - Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA > - The Przypkowski Museum, Jędrzejów, Poland > - The Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków, Poland > - Wroclaw University Museum, Wrocław, Poland > - Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, UK > - Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK > - Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK > - Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Minan, Italy > - Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden > - Musée de la Vie Wallonne, Liege, Belgium > > As I do similar research in my country I know there is about 20 other museums > in Poland having sundials in their collections but the instrument quantity is > rather insignificant. > > Is there anything else one should consider while traveling? > > I guess the best thing to do would be a worldwide sundial museums database > with all the necessery data, practical info, collection description, and > photos of the dials. What do you think about this? > > -- > 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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I should have added Oxford in my last post! > On 11 Jan 2016, at 21:30, Maes, F.W. <f.w.m...@rug.nl> wrote: > > Hi Darek, > > While in London/Greenwich, you should not miss the Science Museum. They have > a LOT of (mostly: pocket) sundials on display. > > Another must-see is the Deutsches Museum in München. There is a sundial > garden on a 5th floor outside terrace, which is a showcase of all possible - > modern - types. > > Enjoy! > Frans Maes > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Roger Bailey <rtbai...@telus.net > <mailto:rtbai...@telus.net>> wrote: > Hi Darek, > > Participating in NASS and BSS conferences over the past 20 some years has > provided the opportunity to some amazing collections of historical scientific > instrument. Here are a few that I have had the opportunity to visit , two in > the USA and two in the UK. All were worth the trip. > > Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. > https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html <https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html> > Contact Dr. Sara Schechner, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection > of Historical Scientific Instruments > > Adler Planetarium, Chicago http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ > <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/> or specifically astronomy in culture > http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/ > <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/> > > Cambridge University, Museum of the History of Science. > http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ <http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/> An > remarkable collection of sundials and astronomical instruments > > Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomical and navigational instruments. The > National Maritime Museum (NMM) holds a large and varied collection of > astronomical and navigational instruments, 3587 items. These range from > astrolabes and armillary spheres to quadrants, nocturnals and sundials. > http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection > > <http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection>. > > This is my short list. There are many others worth exploring. > Regards, Roger Bailey > > ------ > From: "Darek Oczki" <dhar...@o2.pl <mailto:dhar...@o2.pl>> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:54 AM > To: <sundial@uni-koeln.de <mailto:sundial@uni-koeln.de>> > Subject: Sundials in museums > > Hello > I wish everyone on this list plenty of sunshine in the 2016. > > I've got a question. Is there a list/register of sundial collections in > museums arround the world? I would like to ask your advise which ones are > worth visiting. > > During Christmas I was in Milano, Italy and as they were open I visited the > Poldi Pezzoli Museum to see what sundials they got. I found out they have a > very nice collection consisting of 200 pieces of all kinds of portable > sundials including a Navicula and 2 canon dials. I took a lot of photos. > > What other places would you recommend? > > -- > Best regards > Darek Oczki > 52N 21E > Warsaw, Poland > GNOMONIKA.pl > Sundials in Poland > http://gnomonika.pl <http://gnomonika.pl/> > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > <https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial> > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> > Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11357 - Release Date: 01/08/16 > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > <https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial> > > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums
The Museum of the History of Science must surely be high on the list. It has a fully representative collection of sundials, amongst other artifacts, of course. http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk Best wishes, Doug > On 11 Jan 2016, at 21:30, Maes, F.W. <f.w.m...@rug.nl> wrote: > > Hi Darek, > > While in London/Greenwich, you should not miss the Science Museum. They have > a LOT of (mostly: pocket) sundials on display. > > Another must-see is the Deutsches Museum in München. There is a sundial > garden on a 5th floor outside terrace, which is a showcase of all possible - > modern - types. > > Enjoy! > Frans Maes > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Roger Bailey <rtbai...@telus.net > <mailto:rtbai...@telus.net>> wrote: > Hi Darek, > > Participating in NASS and BSS conferences over the past 20 some years has > provided the opportunity to some amazing collections of historical scientific > instrument. Here are a few that I have had the opportunity to visit , two in > the USA and two in the UK. All were worth the trip. > > Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. > https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html <https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html> > Contact Dr. Sara Schechner, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection > of Historical Scientific Instruments > > Adler Planetarium, Chicago http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ > <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/> or specifically astronomy in culture > http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/ > <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/> > > Cambridge University, Museum of the History of Science. > http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ <http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/> An > remarkable collection of sundials and astronomical instruments > > Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomical and navigational instruments. The > National Maritime Museum (NMM) holds a large and varied collection of > astronomical and navigational instruments, 3587 items. These range from > astrolabes and armillary spheres to quadrants, nocturnals and sundials. > http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection > > <http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection>. > > This is my short list. There are many others worth exploring. > Regards, Roger Bailey > > ------ > From: "Darek Oczki" <dhar...@o2.pl <mailto:dhar...@o2.pl>> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:54 AM > To: <sundial@uni-koeln.de <mailto:sundial@uni-koeln.de>> > Subject: Sundials in museums > > Hello > I wish everyone on this list plenty of sunshine in the 2016. > > I've got a question. Is there a list/register of sundial collections in > museums arround the world? I would like to ask your advise which ones are > worth visiting. > > During Christmas I was in Milano, Italy and as they were open I visited the > Poldi Pezzoli Museum to see what sundials they got. I found out they have a > very nice collection consisting of 200 pieces of all kinds of portable > sundials including a Navicula and 2 canon dials. I took a lot of photos. > > What other places would you recommend? > > -- > Best regards > Darek Oczki > 52N 21E > Warsaw, Poland > GNOMONIKA.pl > Sundials in Poland > http://gnomonika.pl <http://gnomonika.pl/> > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > <https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial> > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> > Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11357 - Release Date: 01/08/16 > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > <https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial> > > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums
Hi Darek, While in London/Greenwich, you should not miss the Science Museum. They have a LOT of (mostly: pocket) sundials on display. Another must-see is the Deutsches Museum in München. There is a sundial garden on a 5th floor outside terrace, which is a showcase of all possible - modern - types. Enjoy! Frans Maes On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Roger Bailey <rtbai...@telus.net> wrote: > Hi Darek, > > Participating in NASS and BSS conferences over the past 20 some years has > provided the opportunity to some amazing collections of historical > scientific instrument. Here are a few that I have had the opportunity to > visit , two in the USA and two in the UK. All were worth the trip. > > Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. > https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html > Contact Dr. Sara Schechner, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the > Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments > > Adler Planetarium, Chicago http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ or > specifically astronomy in culture > http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/ > > Cambridge University, Museum of the History of Science. > http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ An remarkable collection of sundials > and astronomical instruments > > Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomical and navigational instruments. The > National Maritime Museum (NMM) holds a large and varied collection of > astronomical and navigational instruments, 3587 items. These range from > astrolabes and armillary spheres to quadrants, nocturnals and sundials. > http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection > . > > This is my short list. There are many others worth exploring. > Regards, Roger Bailey > > -- > From: "Darek Oczki" <dhar...@o2.pl> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:54 AM > To: <sundial@uni-koeln.de> > Subject: Sundials in museums > > Hello >> I wish everyone on this list plenty of sunshine in the 2016. >> >> I've got a question. Is there a list/register of sundial collections in >> museums arround the world? I would like to ask your advise which ones are >> worth visiting. >> >> During Christmas I was in Milano, Italy and as they were open I visited >> the Poldi Pezzoli Museum to see what sundials they got. I found out they >> have a very nice collection consisting of 200 pieces of all kinds of >> portable sundials including a Navicula and 2 canon dials. I took a lot of >> photos. >> >> What other places would you recommend? >> >> -- >> Best regards >> Darek Oczki >> 52N 21E >> Warsaw, Poland >> GNOMONIKA.pl >> Sundials in Poland >> http://gnomonika.pl >> --- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> >> >> - >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11357 - Release Date: 01/08/16 >> >> --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums
Hi Darek, Participating in NASS and BSS conferences over the past 20 some years has provided the opportunity to some amazing collections of historical scientific instrument. Here are a few that I have had the opportunity to visit , two in the USA and two in the UK. All were worth the trip. Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. https://chsi.harvard.edu/index.html Contact Dr. Sara Schechner, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Adler Planetarium, Chicago http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ or specifically astronomy in culture http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/astronomy-in-culture-2-2016-01-10/ Cambridge University, Museum of the History of Science. http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ An remarkable collection of sundials and astronomical instruments Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomical and navigational instruments. The National Maritime Museum (NMM) holds a large and varied collection of astronomical and navigational instruments, 3587 items. These range from astrolabes and armillary spheres to quadrants, nocturnals and sundials. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=subject-90227;browseBy=collection. This is my short list. There are many others worth exploring. Regards, Roger Bailey -- From: "Darek Oczki" <dhar...@o2.pl> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:54 AM To: <sundial@uni-koeln.de> Subject: Sundials in museums Hello I wish everyone on this list plenty of sunshine in the 2016. I've got a question. Is there a list/register of sundial collections in museums arround the world? I would like to ask your advise which ones are worth visiting. During Christmas I was in Milano, Italy and as they were open I visited the Poldi Pezzoli Museum to see what sundials they got. I found out they have a very nice collection consisting of 200 pieces of all kinds of portable sundials including a Navicula and 2 canon dials. I took a lot of photos. What other places would you recommend? -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11357 - Release Date: 01/08/16 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Sundials in museums
Hello I wish everyone on this list plenty of sunshine in the 2016. I've got a question. Is there a list/register of sundial collections in museums arround the world? I would like to ask your advise which ones are worth visiting. During Christmas I was in Milano, Italy and as they were open I visited the Poldi Pezzoli Museum to see what sundials they got. I found out they have a very nice collection consisting of 200 pieces of all kinds of portable sundials including a Navicula and 2 canon dials. I took a lot of photos. What other places would you recommend? -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in museums (world-wide)
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
Sundials in museums (world-wide)
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
RE: Sundials in museums (world-wide)
I am currently completing a catalogue of the sundials at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, having at an earlier stage in my career been the chief curator of the instrument collection there. I am now the curator of Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which has what we think is the largest collection of sundials in North America. I am also cataloguing this collection. Another large sundial collection with close to 400 items is that of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. But before one considers numbers, we must decide what counts as a sundial. Are we including other time finding instruments in these collections such as astronomical compendia, horary quadrants, de Rojas astrolabes and other astrolabic instruments (on their own or built into compendia)--all of which use the sun to find time? What about nocturnals (which use the stars, but are often considered part of sundial collections)? What about clocks with sundials built into them for setting the timekeeper? If you tell me what's in and what's out, I'll give you numbers I know at this time. But please be aware that these collections are still growing. 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 -Original Message- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Dariusz Oczki Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:33 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Sundials in museums (world-wide) 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
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Dear Dariusz and Diallists, Concerning your note about the museum in Jędrzejów, Poland.\: I had the splendid opportunity to visit the museum in 2001. I was told there that it had, indeed, the 3rd largest collection in the world, but no actual numbers (nor criteria for counting) were available -- the guide didn't know them. I would be greatly interested in learning more, too. Best wishes,! John Schilke, MD jfs...@ipinc.net 122.65 W, 45.4 N --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
