RE: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-17 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Hi Andrew et al,
 
There is a picture of about 9 of the dials from Scottish lighthouses lined up 
on a wall (just before their sale in 1997) in BSS Bulletin 11(i), p. 49, 
February 1999.
 
The story of the Bath Pump Room Tompion dial has been in the Bulletin too - all 
(sundial) life is there!
 
Regards,
 
John
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Dear John, Frank, Kevin, et al,
 
I remember a letter from Charles Aked in Antiquarian Horology circa 1970 
showing his son (then about 8?) at one of the Scottish lighthouse dials in situ.
 
I believe they were all (?) sold off perhaps about 15 years ago and think I 
have a cutting somewhere from a newspaper article showing them in a sort of 
well ordered heap. 
 
Regarding the Tompion dial at the Pump Room, a letter in Horological Journal in 
I think March 1960 shows what is probably this dial, so actually it was 
“discovered” by that writer near Bath some years before Brigadier Neilson 
“found” it and presented it to the Pump Room.
 
Regards
Andrew James 
 
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Re: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-17 Thread Frank Evans
Small point, John Davis asks why Scottish lighthouse keepers used EoT 
values engraved on their sundials. Lighthouse lights, like ships' 
lights, are lit from sunset to sunrise. An error of even as much as five 
minutes would not matter very much.

Frank 55N 1W

On 16/05/2012 11:14, JOHN DAVIS wrote:

Dear Frank et al,
Thank you for the extract from the General Order for lighthouse dials. 
The thing which surprises me is that it is the EoT value engraved on 
the sundial that is being taken as the correction figure, rather than 
one for the date in question published in the current Nautical 
Almanac. Clearly, only average accuracy could be achieved in this way.

Regards,
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From: Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk
Subject: re: sundials and tower clocks
To: Sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de
Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012, 11:01

Greetings, fellow dialists,
I know of two particular instances where dials were used to
regulate clocks. The first is the noon line of 1829 in the
cloister of Durham Cathedral. Obviously its only purpose was to
mark the time of noon for the purpose of correcting the Cathedral
clocks. The second refers to lighthouses. In a book entitled From
Scotland's Edge by Keith Allardyce and Evelyn M. Hood the
following appears:

Since a General Order of 29 January 1852, it has been the practice
to have clocks set at local time calculated from sundial readings.
The order is precise: The Lighthouse Timepiece is to be kept
right, by observing, if possible, once a week, the indication of
the Sun-dial, in the following manner:- The Principal Keeper shall
go to the dial, when the sun is shining, and shall watch until the
shadow of the style touches any hour, half hour or other time
agreed before hand with the Assistant, who shall stand on the
balcony, waiting a signal from the Principal. The Principal shall
then make the signal, on seeing which, the Assistant shall
immediately set the Timepiece to the time already agreed upon. The
Principal shall then take a note from the Table of the Equation of
Time engraved on the Sun-dial, of the number of minutes by which
the clock should differ from the time given by the dial; and shall
afterwards proceed at once to the Lightroom where he shall put the
timepiece back or forward according as the Clock shall be slower
or faster than the Sun at the time.


Sundials were universal at lighthouses throughout the UK although
they have not all survived, of course.
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RE: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-17 Thread Dave Bell
You mean to say a mariner couldn't determine his heading and range from the
light by timing the sweep, compared to an atomic clock?!? Shocking. (. how
spoiled we can get with modern navigational aids!)

 

Dave

 

  _  

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Behalf Of Frank Evans
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:37 AM
To: JOHN DAVIS; Sundial
Subject: Re: sundials and tower clocks

 

Small point, John Davis asks why Scottish lighthouse keepers used EoT values
engraved on their sundials. Lighthouse lights, like ships' lights, are lit
from sunset to sunrise. An error of even as much as five minutes would not
matter very much. 
Frank 55N 1W

On 16/05/2012 11:14, JOHN DAVIS wrote: 


Dear Frank et al,

 

Thank you for the extract from the General Order for lighthouse dials. The
thing which surprises me is that it is the EoT value engraved on the sundial
that is being taken as the correction figure, rather than one for the date
in question published in the current Nautical Almanac. Clearly, only average
accuracy could be achieved in this way.

 

Regards,

 

John

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frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk wrote:


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frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk
Subject: re: sundials and tower clocks
To: Sundial  mailto:sundial@uni-koeln.de sundial@uni-koeln.de
Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012, 11:01

Greetings, fellow dialists,
I know of two particular instances where dials were used to regulate clocks.
The first is the noon line of 1829 in the cloister of Durham Cathedral.
Obviously its only purpose was to mark the time of noon for the purpose of
correcting the Cathedral clocks. The second refers to lighthouses. In a book
entitled From Scotland's Edge by Keith Allardyce and Evelyn M. Hood the
following appears:

Since a General Order of 29 January 1852, it has been the practice to have
clocks set at local time calculated from sundial readings. The order is
precise: The Lighthouse Timepiece is to be kept right, by observing, if
possible, once a week, the indication of the Sun-dial, in the following
manner:- The Principal Keeper shall go to the dial, when the sun is shining,
and shall watch until the shadow of the style touches any hour, half hour or
other time agreed before hand with the Assistant, who shall stand on the
balcony, waiting a signal from the Principal. The Principal shall then make
the signal, on seeing which, the Assistant shall immediately set the
Timepiece to the time already agreed upon. The Principal shall then take a
note from the Table of the Equation of Time engraved on the Sun-dial, of the
number of minutes by which the clock should differ from the time given by
the dial; and shall afterwards proceed at once to the Lightroom where he
shall put the timepiece back or forward according as the Clock shall be
slower or faster than the Sun at the time.


Sundials were universal at lighthouses throughout the UK although they have
not all survived, of course.
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re: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-16 Thread Frank Evans

Greetings, fellow dialists,
I know of two particular instances where dials were used to regulate 
clocks. The first is the noon line of 1829 in the cloister of Durham 
Cathedral. Obviously its only purpose was to mark the time of noon for 
the purpose of correcting the Cathedral clocks. The second refers to 
lighthouses. In a book entitled From Scotland's Edge by Keith 
Allardyce and Evelyn M. Hood the following appears:


Since a General Order of 29 January 1852, it has been the practice to 
have clocks set at local time calculated from sundial readings. The 
order is precise: The Lighthouse Timepiece is to be kept right, by 
observing, if possible, once a week, the indication of the Sun-dial, in 
the following manner:- The Principal Keeper shall go to the dial, when 
the sun is shining, and shall watch until the shadow of the style 
touches any hour, half hour or other time agreed before hand with the 
Assistant, who shall stand on the balcony, waiting a signal from the 
Principal. The Principal shall then make the signal, on seeing which, 
the Assistant shall immediately set the Timepiece to the time already 
agreed upon. The Principal shall then take a note from the Table of the 
Equation of Time engraved on the Sun-dial, of the number of minutes by 
which the clock should differ from the time given by the dial; and shall 
afterwards proceed at once to the Lightroom where he shall put the 
timepiece back or forward according as the Clock shall be slower or 
faster than the Sun at the time.



Sundials were universal at lighthouses throughout the UK although they 
have not all survived, of course.

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re: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-16 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Dear Frank et al,
 
Thank you for the extract from the General Order for lighthouse dials. The 
thing which surprises me is that it is the EoT value engraved on the sundial 
that is being taken as the correction figure, rather than one for the date in 
question published in the current Nautical Almanac. Clearly, only average 
accuracy could be achieved in this way.
 
Regards,
 
John
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Flowton Dials

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From: Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk
Subject: re: sundials and tower clocks
To: Sundial sundial@uni-koeln.de
Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012, 11:01


Greetings, fellow dialists,
I know of two particular instances where dials were used to regulate clocks. 
The first is the noon line of 1829 in the cloister of Durham Cathedral. 
Obviously its only purpose was to mark the time of noon for the purpose of 
correcting the Cathedral clocks. The second refers to lighthouses. In a book 
entitled From Scotland's Edge by Keith Allardyce and Evelyn M. Hood the 
following appears:

Since a General Order of 29 January 1852, it has been the practice to have 
clocks set at local time calculated from sundial readings. The order is 
precise: The Lighthouse Timepiece is to be kept right, by observing, if 
possible, once a week, the indication of the Sun-dial, in the following 
manner:- The Principal Keeper shall go to the dial, when the sun is shining, 
and shall watch until the shadow of the style touches any hour, half hour or 
other time agreed before hand with the Assistant, who shall stand on the 
balcony, waiting a signal from the Principal. The Principal shall then make the 
signal, on seeing which, the Assistant shall immediately set the Timepiece to 
the time already agreed upon. The Principal shall then take a note from the 
Table of the Equation of Time engraved on the Sun-dial, of the number of 
minutes by which the clock should differ from the time given by the dial; and 
shall afterwards proceed at once to the Lightroom where he shall
 put the timepiece back or forward according as the Clock shall be slower or 
faster than the Sun at the time.


Sundials were universal at lighthouses throughout the UK although they have not 
all survived, of course.
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RE: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-16 Thread Andrew James
Dear John, Frank, Kevin, et al,

 

I remember a letter from Charles Aked in Antiquarian Horology circa 1970
showing his son (then about 8?) at one of the Scottish lighthouse dials
in situ.

 

I believe they were all (?) sold off perhaps about 15 years ago and
think I have a cutting somewhere from a newspaper article showing them
in a sort of well ordered heap. 

 

Regarding the Tompion dial at the Pump Room, a letter in Horological
Journal in I think March 1960 shows what is probably this dial, so
actually it was discovered by that writer near Bath some years before
Brigadier Neilson found it and presented it to the Pump Room.

 

Regards

Andrew James 

 

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RE: Sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-14 Thread Jackie Jones
Dear Darek,
I seem to remember that there is also a sundial to regulate the clock that
is inside the Assembly Rooms at Bath.  The dial is visible through the
window of the room.
Best wishes,
Jackie Jones
50° 50’ 09” N.0° 07’ 40” W.


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Behalf Of John Foad
Sent: 13 May 2012 09:38
To: Darek Oczki; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Sundials and tower clocks

Dear Darek,

I think there are many examples to document the use of dials to set the
clock.  One is a horizontal at the top of the church tower at Benenden in
Kent, inscribed 'This dial was given by Thos Law Hodges Esq/Anno Domini 1819
for the Regulation/of the clock in the Parish Church of / Benenden Lat 51d
3m 54s'.  Another is on a ledge of the tower at Southwell Minster in
Nottinghamshire, visible through a window from the clock chamber, but not
from the ground.  I would be interested to hear of any other examples.

In a book 'Amusing Reminiscences of Victorian Times and of Today' by a
clockmaker, John Neve Masters, we read When I was a boy in the
eighteen-fifties there were two clockmakers in Tenterden, and part of their
business was to ascertain the exact time occasionally, which in those days
was taken from sun-dials; so my father and the other 'clock-smiths' (as they
were called then) used to go to the church porch, on which was a sun-dial,
to 'take the time' .

Regards,

John

-Original Message-
From: Darek Oczki
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:02 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Sundials and tower clocks

Dear Diallists

It is daid that in some point in history sundials co-existed with clocks. We
even say those sundials were used to set the right time on clocks and
personal watches. Do we have any iconographic evidence for that? There is of
course that famous drawing from Bedos de Celles (attached - Scan0237.jpg) of
a group of gentlemen setting their watches by a vertical noon dial. But I
would particularly like to find some examples of setting tower clocks. In a
book about time in general available in Poland (Ludwik Zajdler - Dzieje
zegara) there is this drawing said to be of Flemish source (attached -
Scan0236.jpg) depicting a clock master adjusting a tower clock according to
sundial readings. Does anyone know the exact source of this one, please? Are
there any other known examples?

In Europe we have many cases of public buildings having both a sundial and a
tower clock. However it seems most unlikely that these sundials were used
for setting the clocks - usually one could not see them from the clock
mechanism spot and reading it and adjusting would require two men and a
walkie-talkie :). I would rather say there had to be another, pehaps much
smaller sundial (portable?) for use of a clock master. These grand sundials
were used more as an alternative for clocks in case of some kind of
mulfunction. Any comments would be most welcome. Thank you.

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52N 21E
Warsaw, Poland

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RE: Sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-14 Thread david
I can confirm that. The clock and dial are by Thomas Tompion and the clock
has an equation of time correction built in.
David Brown
Somerton, Somerset, UK

Jackie Jones
 Dear Darek,
 I seem to remember that there is also a sundial to regulate the clock that
 is inside the Assembly Rooms at Bath.  The dial is visible through the
 window of the room.
 Best wishes,
 Jackie Jones
 50° 50’ 09” N.0° 07’ 40” W.


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 From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de]
 On
 Behalf Of John Foad
 Sent: 13 May 2012 09:38
 To: Darek Oczki; sundial@uni-koeln.de
 Subject: Re: Sundials and tower clocks

 Dear Darek,

 I think there are many examples to document the use of dials to set the
 clock.  One is a horizontal at the top of the church tower at Benenden in
 Kent, inscribed 'This dial was given by Thos Law Hodges Esq/Anno Domini
 1819
 for the Regulation/of the clock in the Parish Church of / Benenden Lat 51d
 3m 54s'.  Another is on a ledge of the tower at Southwell Minster in
 Nottinghamshire, visible through a window from the clock chamber, but not
 from the ground.  I would be interested to hear of any other examples.

 In a book 'Amusing Reminiscences of Victorian Times and of Today' by a
 clockmaker, John Neve Masters, we read When I was a boy in the
 eighteen-fifties there were two clockmakers in Tenterden, and part of
 their
 business was to ascertain the exact time occasionally, which in those days
 was taken from sun-dials; so my father and the other 'clock-smiths' (as
 they
 were called then) used to go to the church porch, on which was a sun-dial,
 to 'take the time' .

 Regards,

 John

 -Original Message-
 From: Darek Oczki
 Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:02 AM
 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
 Subject: Sundials and tower clocks

 Dear Diallists

 It is daid that in some point in history sundials co-existed with clocks.
 We
 even say those sundials were used to set the right time on clocks and
 personal watches. Do we have any iconographic evidence for that? There is
 of
 course that famous drawing from Bedos de Celles (attached - Scan0237.jpg)
 of
 a group of gentlemen setting their watches by a vertical noon dial. But I
 would particularly like to find some examples of setting tower clocks. In
 a
 book about time in general available in Poland (Ludwik Zajdler - Dzieje
 zegara) there is this drawing said to be of Flemish source (attached -
 Scan0236.jpg) depicting a clock master adjusting a tower clock according
 to
 sundial readings. Does anyone know the exact source of this one, please?
 Are
 there any other known examples?

 In Europe we have many cases of public buildings having both a sundial and
 a
 tower clock. However it seems most unlikely that these sundials were used
 for setting the clocks - usually one could not see them from the clock
 mechanism spot and reading it and adjusting would require two men and a
 walkie-talkie :). I would rather say there had to be another, pehaps much
 smaller sundial (portable?) for use of a clock master. These grand
 sundials
 were used more as an alternative for clocks in case of some kind of
 mulfunction. Any comments would be most welcome. Thank you.

 --
 Best regards
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 52N 21E
 Warsaw, Poland

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Re: Sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-13 Thread John Foad

Dear Darek,

I think there are many examples to document the use of dials to set the
clock.  One is a horizontal at the top of the church tower at Benenden in
Kent, inscribed 'This dial was given by Thos Law Hodges Esq/Anno Domini 1819
for the Regulation/of the clock in the Parish Church of / Benenden Lat 51d
3m 54s'.  Another is on a ledge of the tower at Southwell Minster in
Nottinghamshire, visible through a window from the clock chamber, but not
from the ground.  I would be interested to hear of any other examples.

In a book 'Amusing Reminiscences of Victorian Times and of Today' by a
clockmaker, John Neve Masters, we read When I was a boy in the
eighteen-fifties there were two clockmakers in Tenterden, and part of their
business was to ascertain the exact time occasionally, which in those days
was taken from sun-dials; so my father and the other 'clock-smiths' (as they
were called then) used to go to the church porch, on which was a sun-dial,
to 'take the time' .

Regards,

John

-Original Message- 
From: Darek Oczki

Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:02 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Sundials and tower clocks

Dear Diallists

It is daid that in some point in history sundials co-existed with clocks. We
even say those sundials were used to set the right time on clocks and
personal watches. Do we have any iconographic evidence for that? There is of
course that famous drawing from Bedos de Celles (attached - Scan0237.jpg) of
a group of gentlemen setting their watches by a vertical noon dial. But I
would particularly like to find some examples of setting tower clocks. In a
book about time in general available in Poland (Ludwik Zajdler - Dzieje
zegara) there is this drawing said to be of Flemish source (attached -
Scan0236.jpg) depicting a clock master adjusting a tower clock according to
sundial readings. Does anyone know the exact source of this one, please? Are
there any other known examples?

In Europe we have many cases of public buildings having both a sundial and a
tower clock. However it seems most unlikely that these sundials were used
for setting the clocks - usually one could not see them from the clock
mechanism spot and reading it and adjusting would require two men and a
walkie-talkie :). I would rather say there had to be another, pehaps much
smaller sundial (portable?) for use of a clock master. These grand sundials
were used more as an alternative for clocks in case of some kind of
mulfunction. Any comments would be most welcome. Thank you.

--
Best regards
Darek Oczki
52N 21E
Warsaw, Poland

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Re: Sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-13 Thread Patrick Powers
Dear Darek and John

There is also Maxstoke Castle in the West Midlands (not often open to the 
public) where as I was told the horizontal dial on the front lawn was used to 
regulate the tower clock in the northernmost gatehouse tower.
Ordinary domestic clock regulation by sundials was of course very much the 
fashion in the UK in the 1700s and 1800s.  

Regards

Patrick

From: John Foad 
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:37 AM
To: Darek Oczki ; sundial@uni-koeln.de 
Subject: Re: Sundials and tower clocks

Dear Darek,

I think there are many examples to document the use of dials to set the
clock.  One is a horizontal at the top of the church tower at Benenden in
Kent, inscribed 'This dial was given by Thos Law Hodges Esq/Anno Domini 1819
for the Regulation/of the clock in the Parish Church of / Benenden Lat 51d
3m 54s'.  Another is on a ledge of the tower at Southwell Minster in
Nottinghamshire, visible through a window from the clock chamber, but not
from the ground.  I would be interested to hear of any other examples.

In a book 'Amusing Reminiscences of Victorian Times and of Today' by a
clockmaker, John Neve Masters, we read When I was a boy in the
eighteen-fifties there were two clockmakers in Tenterden, and part of their
business was to ascertain the exact time occasionally, which in those days
was taken from sun-dials; so my father and the other 'clock-smiths' (as they
were called then) used to go to the church porch, on which was a sun-dial,
to 'take the time' .

Regards,

John

-Original Message- 
From: Darek Oczki
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:02 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Sundials and tower clocks

Dear Diallists

It is daid that in some point in history sundials co-existed with clocks. We
even say those sundials were used to set the right time on clocks and
personal watches. Do we have any iconographic evidence for that? There is of
course that famous drawing from Bedos de Celles (attached - Scan0237.jpg) of
a group of gentlemen setting their watches by a vertical noon dial. But I
would particularly like to find some examples of setting tower clocks. In a
book about time in general available in Poland (Ludwik Zajdler - Dzieje
zegara) there is this drawing said to be of Flemish source (attached -
Scan0236.jpg) depicting a clock master adjusting a tower clock according to
sundial readings. Does anyone know the exact source of this one, please? Are
there any other known examples?

In Europe we have many cases of public buildings having both a sundial and a
tower clock. However it seems most unlikely that these sundials were used
for setting the clocks - usually one could not see them from the clock
mechanism spot and reading it and adjusting would require two men and a
walkie-talkie :). I would rather say there had to be another, pehaps much
smaller sundial (portable?) for use of a clock master. These grand sundials
were used more as an alternative for clocks in case of some kind of
mulfunction. Any comments would be most welcome. Thank you.

-- 
Best regards
Darek Oczki
52N 21E
Warsaw, Poland

GNOMONIKA.pl
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Re: sundials and tower clocks

2012-05-13 Thread Patrick Powers
Hi Rheinhold,

Amazing. I have been to Venice several times and have never seen it.  Indeed 
this has to be as you say ‘the most visited and least noticed sundial in the 
world’!   I shall most certainly look out for it when I go again!

Thank you very much for that.

Patrick 

From: Reinhold Kriegler 
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:39 PM
To: Sundial Mailingliste 
Subject: sundials and tower clocks

Dear Patrick Powers,

 

I also know such simple sundials to control the mechanical clocks in Spain 
(reported by Antonio Cañones) and in Italy (reported by Renzo Righi).

 

In 2005 I have published a little article at DGC-Mitteilungen magazine about 
the sundial on a column of the Basilica San Marco in Venice, which was probably 
also once used to control the famous mechanical clock nearby …

http://www.ta-dip.de/fileadmin/user_upload/bilder/8cce60c212c661239cdab2c4e1234728_Nr_101_San_Marco.pdf
 


Ciao!

Reinhold Kriegler

 

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-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] Im 
Auftrag von Patrick Powers
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. Mai 2012 13:07
An: John Foad; Darek Oczki; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Betreff: Re: Sundials and tower clocks

 

 

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