Dear All,
The December issue of the BSS Bulletin has just been dispatched - members
should expect to receive their copies soon. In the event of non-delivery please
contact the Membership Secretary, Jackie Jones, members...@sundialsoc.org.uk -
but please allow a month for delivery, particularly
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The September issue of the BSS Bulletin was recently dispatched - members
should expect to receive their copies soon (if not already!). As usual, the
Contents List, together with one article for free download, is on our website
at www.sundialsoc.org.uk.
Regards
Dear John,
I am delighted to hear that you
enjoyed the Jubilee Edition of
the BSS Bulletin. There have
been many enthusiastic comments.
Your congratulations to the
"authors" and "editors" are much
appreciated but the main reason
for the elegance and high quality
of the Bull
Good morning all,
Thanks to the miracles of snail mail, my copy of the Jubilee Edition of the BSS
Bulleting landed in my mail box.
Congratulations to the authors for the great articles, and the editors for a
great job of putting it all together. John Carmichael's dial is truly worthy of
the co
Dear Dialling colleagues,
The June issue of the BSS Bulletin, a special edition for our silver jubilee,
was dispatched yesterday. Members should expect it in a day or so (rather more
if long distances are involved!).
As usual, the Contents List and a sample article for download can be found at
ttp://www.ta-dip.de/salon-der-astronomen/musik-im-salon-der-astronomen.
html
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Von: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] Im Auftrag von Dennis
Cowan
Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Mai 2014 21:35
An: Frank King
Cc: Sundial
Betreff: Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin
ttp://www.ta-dip.de/salon-der-astronomen/musik-im-salon-der-astronomen.
html
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Von: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] Im Auftrag von Dennis
Cowan
Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Mai 2014 21:35
An: Frank King
Cc: Sundial
Betreff: Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin
Dear F
al Message -
From: "Frank King"
To: "Dennis Cowan"
Cc: "Frank Evans" ; "Sundial"
;
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: BSS Bulletin
Dear Dennis,
You note:
It also showed the photo in fig 5 of
the article.
Indeed so, and they
On 24/05/2014 16:25, Frank King wrote:
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 te
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
se some of the quotations. Could they have been genuine?
Frank 55N 1W
On 24 May 2014, at 09:53, Tony Moss wrote:
I wonder who made the connection?
Tony Moss
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From: jmikes...@ntlworld.com
To: Sundial List
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2014 23:48
Subject: BSS Bulletin
Good
ln.de
Subject: Re: BSS Bulletin
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 04:53:32 -0400
From: tonylindi...@talktalk.net
I wonder who made the connection?
Tony Moss
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From: jmikes...@ntlworld.com
To: Sundial List
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2014 23:48
Subject
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 th
: jmikes...@ntlworld.com
Sent: 24 May 2014 13:34
To: "Steve Lelievre"
Cc: "Sundial List"
Subject: Re: BSS Bulletin
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
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
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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
<mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com>
To: Sundial List mailto: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 I got News For You” on BBC1
Mike Shaw
53º 22' North 03º 02&
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
wrote:
> Good to see the British Sundial Society’s Bulletin featured on this
> evening’s edition of “Have I got News For You” on BBC1
>
> Mike Shaw
> 5
I wonder who made the connection?
Tony Moss
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From: jmikes...@ntlworld.com
To: Sundial List
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 I got News For You
Good to see the British Sundial Society’s Bulletin featured on this evening’s
edition of “Have I got News For You” on BBC1
Mike Shaw
53º 22' North 03º 02' West
www.wiz.to/sundials
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Dear colleagues,
The March issue of the BSS Bulletin was dispatched a few days ago and most
members should have received their copies already. Let me know is yours doesn't
arrive soon.
As usual, the full Contents list and a sample article are visible on our
website at www.sundialsoc.o
Dear Sundialling Colleagues,
The December issue of the BSS Bulletin has just been posted out to members. If
yours doesn't arrive in a reasonable time, please let me know.
As usual, the complete Contents List is available on our website
(http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulletin.php) together
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The September issue of the BSS Bulletin was posted to members at the beginning
of this month. I hope yours has arrived by now - let me know if not. As usual,
an updated Contents list and an article for free download are on our website at
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The June issue of the BSS Bulletin has recently been dispatched to members.
Should yours not reach you in a sensible time, please let me know.
As always, the running Contents list is on our website at
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulletin.php and there is a sample
Dear Colleagues,
The March issue of the BSS Bulletin has recently been distributed to members.
As always, if yours doesn't arrive in a sensible time, please let me know.
The Contents list, together with a sample article for free download, is on
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulleti
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The December issue of the BSS Bulletin has recently been dispatched to members.
If yours doesn't arrive in a sensible time, please let me know.
As usual, the contents are listed on our website,
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulletin.php and there is also one ar
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The June issue of the BSS Bulletin was dispatched a couple of weeks ago so all
members should have received their copy by now.
As usual, the complete contents list can be found on the BSS website,
www.sundialsoc.org.uk together with one article available as a pdf
Dear Colleagues,
The June issue of the BSS Bulletin has now been dispatched to members - please
let me know if yours doesn't arrive in a sensible time.
As always, the extended list of Contents for all issues and a free downloadable
article from this latest issue are on the BSS websi
Dear Colleagues,
The online contents list of the BSS Bulletin has just been updated and now
includes one more article for free download. Go to:
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/bulletin.htm
Regards,
John
--
Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials
Sign me up, John! How do we pay? Can we use paypal?
-Bill G
On 3/11/2011 11:17 AM, JOHN DAVIS wrote:
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The British Sundial Society is pleased to announce
noticed that I can see much higher quality
graphics in the digital format than in printed paper BSS Bulletin. And I
can zoom in on them too and can copy photos and articles. (But I still
love my paper copy for first-time reading!)
This is a great step forward for The British Sundial Societry
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
The British Sundial Society is pleased to announce that the full run of BSS
Bulletins, from the start of the Society in 1989 until September 2010 (a total
of 75 issues) is now available on a DVD-R.
The cost of the DVD to BSS members is £25 +p&p. It may also be purcha
Dear Willy,
I will send you a copy.
Kind regards,
Frans Maes
On 30-11-2010 18:14, willy.leend...@telenet.be wrote:
Preparing an article for the bulletin of 'Zonnewijzerkring Vlaanderen'
(The Flemmish Sundial Society) I am in search of a copy of
Sarah Syman, Shadow Clocks and Sloping Sundials of
Preparing an article for the bulletin of 'Zonnewijzerkring Vlaanderen' (The
Flemmish Sundial Society) I am in search of a copy of
Sarah Syman, Shadow Clocks and Sloping Sundials of the Egyptian New Kingdom and
Late Period: Usage, Development and Structure, The British Sundial Society
Bulleti
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
I'm pleased to announce that the September issue of the BSS Bulletin, which has
just been distributed to members, is our 75th edition. As usual, a list of the
contents is available on our website www.sundialsoc.og.uk, as well as a sample
article for free downloa
Dear Colleagues,
The June issue of the BSS Bulletin has recently been dispatched to members - if
your does not arrive in a sensible time, please let me know.
As usual, the Contents list is on the BSS website (www.sundialsoc.org.uk and
follow the links to The Bulletin) and one sample article
Dear dialling Colleagues,
I'm pleased to inform you that the latest BSS Bulletin is currently being
distributed to our members. Please let me know if yours does not arrive in a
sensible time.
As usual, the contents list is available on the BSS website
(www.sundialsoc.org.uk and follo
Congratulations to the British Sundial Society on it's Full Color edition of
the Bulletin.
What a difference that makes! It looks like a first class magazine now.
All the photos come alive. I really enjoyed getting my copy this month.
It must have cost a fortune to publish, but I for o
Dear Dialling Colleagues,
I'm pleased to inform you that the September issue of the BSS Bulletin has
been dispatched to all our members. The contents list for the issue can be seen
on the BSS website (http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/) - navigate to the Bulletin
page from the left hand
Re: Article in March BSS bulletin
You can see a photo on:
http://perso.orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/cadran-kate-pond.html
Best regards,
Joël
48°01'25'' N, 1°45'40" O
---> http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/
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From: fer de
I have a Kate Pond Skywatch.
Photo at:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/Pond.jpg
Mike Shaw
53.37N
3.02W
www.wiz.to/sundials---
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S.Com ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: Article in March BSS bulletin
Chris,
You wrote:
At that point, I remembered seeing somewhere a picture of a sundial with a
gnomon consisting of a shiny metal tube that was bent to form both a polar
gnomon
off list. Please be careful not to email
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Chris Lusby Taylor
51.4N 1.3W
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From: Bill CS.Com
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: Article in March BSS bulletin
I want to recommend Chris
g more than 3/4 of a CD, please email me off list.
> Please be careful not to email the whole list.
>
> Chris Lusby Taylor
> 51.4N 1.3W
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Bill CS.Com <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* sundial@u
Eindhoven, Netherlands
lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
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From: Chris Lusby Taylor
To: Bill CS.Com ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: Article in March BSS bulletin
Thank you, Bill, for your very kind words. I'm
areful not to email
the whole list.
Chris Lusby Taylor
51.4N 1.3W
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From: Bill CS.Com
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: Article in March BSS bulletin
I want to recommend Chris Lusby Taylor's article in the Ma
I want to recommend Chris Lusby Taylor's article in the March BSS Bulletin
on Italian/Babylonian hours and how they relate to the horizontal sundial.
I had never really been interested in these hours much before, and did not
understand the geometric principles involved. Chris's arti
Mike,
Just received my March issue of the BSS Bulletin. If your can't find someone in England, I would the copy of Milutin Tadics book. I have a copy of his book on geography with a chapter on sundials, four learning books on Serbo-Croatian, and the experience of about three wonderful
Dear Diallists,
As I am the culprit for putting this photograph in the BSS
Bulletin, I feel that I must reply.
Firstly, I had not spotted that the gnomon was reversed. This
may even have been done by Christies if the gnomon had been detached
when they received it
Well spotted!
My guess would be horizontal, southern hemisphere.
If vertical south-facing the Roman numerals would be upside down seen from
below.
John Lynes
This touches on a question that I have pondered a bit. Perhaps the sundial group can help with the
answer. My dial, a globe representio
Well spotted!My guess would be horizontal, southern
hemisphere.If vertical south-facing the Roman numerals would be upside
down seen frombelow.John Lynes
The latest BSS bulletin just arrived. The regular article about auctions
shows a picture of a sundial apparently made for the southern
hemisphere. It seems to be a brass plate with a gnomon sticking up at
about 45 degrees and hour numerals increasing anticlockwise.
I noticed that the gnomon had
CONTENTS OF THE BULLETIN 96/1 OF THE BRITISH SUNDIAL SOCIETY
In Memoriam - Dr. Marinus Johannes Hagen
Dialogue - De Zonnewijzerkring, Astronomia, Elias Allen
The 1995 BSS Conference, by Charles K. Aked
Open Book and Conical Dials, by Pe
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