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2017-04-06 Thread David Coffeen c/o TESSERACT via sundial
Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message text is therefore in an attachment.--- Begin Message --- Hello all, Several months ago we published our

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2017-04-06 Thread Harris Morrison
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Spackman, Green, and Cole

2017-04-06 Thread Karlheinz Schaldach
Dear gnomonists, I am seeking for informations on Henry Spencer Spackman, who rote The timepiece of shadows: a history of the sundial. New York 1895, on Arthur Robert Green, who wrote Sundials, Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks. New York / Toronto 1926, and on T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of

Aw: Spackman, Green, and Cole

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
Dear Karlheinz, > T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, > which is only one of his publications. There are more publications by him. From different sources I compiled: Cole, T. W. The Origin and use of Scratch-Dials (London, 1935), reprinted 2001 Cole, T.

More publications by T. W. Cole

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
Here are some additions and two links to digitized publications by T. W. Cole: Sumner, John, Sir; Cole, T. W.: Worcestershire scratch dials. Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society for 1932, v. 9, new series, 1933, pp. 21-24 Cole, T. W.: In Worcestershire Churches - Medieval

Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955)

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
Dear Karlheinz, Here is some information on Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955), a surgeon: see http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-71/feature/ : ""Mary had ... two brothers, Arthur Robert Green (1865-1955), and ..." "Such an interest may have been encouraged by her older brother, Arthur, who apart

Fwd: Spackman, Green, and Cole

2017-04-06 Thread Patrick Vyvyan
​Don't know if I sent this ti the list, or just to Wolfgang. Apologies if it's a duplicate.​ Some of the papers of Arthur Robert Green are in the University of Southampton. He was involved in an amateur local historical society in Hampshire, England, and is described as "Dr". While this title may

Re: Spackman, Green, and Cole

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
It seems that I sent this twice to Karlheinz Schaldach, but not to the list. Dear Karlheinz, > T. W. Cole, who wrote Origin and use of Church Scratch Dials, London 1935, > which is only one of his publications. There are more publications by him. From different sources I compiled: Cole, T. W.

Henry Spencer Spackman

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
It seems to be nearly impossible to find information on Henry Spencer Spackman, the author of The Timepiece of Shadows: A History of the Sun Dial. New York : W.T. Comstock, 1895. This book is available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100773424 and

PS to Henry Spencer Sackman

2017-04-06 Thread Wolfgang R. Dick
PS: At the end of my previous message I made a typo. I intented to write: "(Or to sell it more easily.)" Somewhere the book under the wrong title was announced to be helpful to construct sundials, which is a misleading information. But a book on how to build sundials may sell better than a book on