Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Tony Moss
I wonder who made the connection? Tony Moss -Original Message- From: jmikes...@ntlworld.com To: Sundial List sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Fri, 23 May 2014 23:48 Subject: BSS Bulletin Good to see the British Sundial Society’s Bulletin featured on this evening’s edition of “Have

Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Steve Lelievre
Hi, Plese give us a bit more detail / some context ... what happened on the TV show? Steve On Friday, May 23, 2014, jmikes...@ntlworld.com jmikes...@ntlworld.com wrote: Good to see the British Sundial Society’s Bulletin featured on this evening’s edition of “Have I got News For You” on

Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread jmikeshaw
Steve, Each week they do a quote from some obscure publication with a few words blocked out for the teams to guess what the missing words are. This week they used the BSS Bulletin. Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be a repeat scheduled, but you should be able to see it in BBC iPlayer. It’s the one

Fw: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread jmikeshaw
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b044j5n1/have-i-got-news-for-you-series-47-episode-8 Scroll forward to 24m 20s Mike Shaw - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3950/7552 - Release Date: 05/23/14

Re: Fw: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Steve Lelievre
Thanks Mike, Unfortunately the BBC iplayer doesn't work here in Canada; it's something to do with copyright and broadcast licencing. There's a digital lock built in to the iplayer so that it won't work with Canadian IP addresses (or most other countries). It would be possible to circumvent

Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Colin Davis
Hi! Extended version Monday evening at 10:30pm BBC1. Cheers Colin D --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Capuchin sundial --earliest name use

2014-05-24 Thread Schechner, Sara
Dear All, I am searching for the earliest use of the name, Capuchin dial, to describe a particular form of rectilinear dial. The class of altitude /rectilinear dials also includes the Regiomontanus dial and navicula. The earliest published projection of the Capuchin dial I know is in the

RE: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread peter ransom
I've distributed over 80 past copies to newly qualified teachers over the past couple of months and one item of discussion is why this has not been on HIGNFY, so I wondered if it is one of them that have passed on details. ATB, Peter Ransom To: jmikes...@ntlworld.com; sundial@uni-koeln.de

Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Dennis Cowan
For info the text in the programme was a slight misquote from my article in the Sept 2013 issue entitled the sundials of Robert Palmer, Schoolmaster. It also showed tbe photo in fig 5 of the article. regards Dennis Cowan Sent from my mobile. Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk wrote:

Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Frank King
Dear Dennis, You note: It also showed the photo in fig 5 of the article. Indeed so, and they drew attention to the clock on the building behind the empty pedestal, adding words to the effect that: Even with the sundial missing experts can still tell the time. Maybe but, I suspect, not

Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Dennis Cowan
Dear Frank I can indeed confirm that the clock was stopped at 12. I took the photo at 09.55am. The church on which the clock is mounted had recently been sold and I expect that the new owners has not yet appointed a Keeper of the Clock! Regards Dennis - Original Message -

AW: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Reinhold Kriegler
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AW: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin

2014-05-24 Thread Reinhold Kriegler
Good Lord! * ** *** * ** *** Reinhold R. Kriegler Lat. 53° 6' 52,6 Nord; Long. 8° 53' 52,3 Ost; 48 m ü. N.N. GMT +1 (DST +2) www.ta-dip.de http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCoJHwzzjUfmt=18 http://www.ta-dip.de/dies-und-das/r-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.html