I'm pleased to announce that the Second Edition of the British Sundial Society Dialling Glossary is now available. Now subtitled "A sourcebook of dialling data" to reflect its expanded scope, it is about twice the size of the original with 84 pages, far more illustrations, a section on
Thanks for publishing and posting the Sundial Glossary. I am pleased to see
the section on equations. I do not know of any other source for all of
these equations. It is good to see them listed in a self consistent manner
even if the particular form is unfamiliar. It is a good piece of work, very
To Anyone attending the NASS meeting in San Francisco,
If you would like a printed copy of The John Davis Sundial Glossary, I
will work with John to provide a copy for about $10 to anyone that can
let me know before noon Thursday (July 6). I will personally carry them
back from Britain
I successfully printed the Sundial Glossary from the BSS website using
Netscape 4.73 and a laser printer; the total was 44 pages. I have DSL
and the download was quick.
This printed copy, of course, is not bound and cannot access the many
handy links embedded in the web version of the Glossary
John, the Glossary is beautiful! And kudos to Bob Terwilliger, for a fine
job implementing it as a set of Web pages.
I agree, having copies available through NASS would be a good idea, and
should serve to expand the BSS's sales, through distribution.
How do you feel about making the Web page
Chris Lusby Taylor said in his comments about the Glossary:
Dial types/equatorial: Why do you say this is a misnomer? I think it is
a perfectly acceptable alternative term, indeed I prefer it to
equinoctial. Cousins uses it.
I very much agree with Chris, not only does Cousins use Equatorial
. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
- Original Message -
From: John Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 8:27 PM
Subject: A Sundial Glossary
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The British Sundial Society (BSS) has decided that a Glossary of dialling
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The British Sundial Society (BSS) has decided that a Glossary of dialling
terms would be a good idea. It would have two main purposes:
- to provide a refererence source for newcomers to dialling, and
- to try to set preferred definitions of the terms, symbols and
you think?
John Carmichael
Tucson Arizona
Dear NASS Officials (Claude, Fred) and John,
At its recent Council Meeting, the BSS decided that it would like to produce
a Sundial Glossary of all the standard terms used in dialing. This will be
aimed at educating newcomers to dialing and, hopefully
In response to John Carmichael and John Davis, who discussed the BSS glossary
project:
I have been working on preparing a glossary of sundial terms, with
international comparisons. This will be part of the forthcoming interpretive
catalogue of 500 historical sundials that I'm writing for the
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