Hi Everyone:
The Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder that was identified by several
respondents was sold yesterday at the Skinner auction for $999.
I assume we did the seller a favor by identifying the object.
Fred Jaggi
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Campbell Stokes sunshine recorders are still available - I have one that I
bought a few years ago.
They are made by Fairmount Weather Systems of Cambridge, UK.
Their web site is:
http://www.fairmountweather.com/
Mike Shaw
53.37N
3.02W
www.wiz.to/sundials
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I stumbled across a cool 3-D view of a campbell stokes recorder here:
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/qtvr/ssr.html
You have to permit the Active-X control to view it
-Bill G.
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Gottesman
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 12:37
> To: Dave Bell; Frederick Jaggi
> Cc: Sundial Sundial List
> Subject: Re: Mystery object
>
> According to www.campbellsci.ca/Museum_Radiation_1_F.html ,
> it is a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder. Apparantly, it is
>
Thanks Bill,
I recognized the mystery object as a sunshine recorder but did not have the
details. Thanks for the link on the Campbell-Stokes. This devices typically
burned a line on a paper strip showing the number of hours of sun each day.
This was an important measurement for weather
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Cc: "Sundial Sundial List"
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: Mystery object
> Frederick Jaggi wrote:
>> Hi Everyone:
>>
>> Here's a mystery object from the current Skinner auction. Could it be
>> sundial related?
>>
Frederick Jaggi wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> Here's a mystery object from the current Skinner auction. Could it be
> sundial related?
> http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2383++93
> +&refno=++69
Hi Everyone:
Here's a mystery object from the current Skinner auction. Could it be
sundial related?
http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2383++93
+&refno=++691521&saletype=
Fred Jaggi
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Ian Trackman wrote
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>Can anyone please help me to identify the following object :
>
>Made of brass with steel parts
>It stands on a circular base 9.5 cms diameter.
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It sounds like something that could be used as a 3D marking out jig - to mark
out spheres for atomic models maybe - c
Message text written by "Ian Trackman"
>Underneath the ring is scratched SP 640036<
Not sure I can help but SP 640036 is the UK Ordnance Survey Reference for a
point in the UK at N51deg 44min W01deg 04min. This refers to a place
about 6 miles to the East South East of Oxford between Great Ha
Can anyone please help me to identify the following object :
Made of brass with steel parts
It stands on a circular base 9.5 cms diameter.
There are three legs, 8 cms high
On them, a horizontal ring 9 cms diameter and 2 cms deep.
Underneath the ring is scratched SP 640036
The ring is marked in tw
I notice that the date June 21st corresponds with the time VI hours.
Now, on June 21st the sun's longitude, expressed as a time, is 6 hours.
Therefore, the scales show the sun's longitude on any date, which could
be used to convert solar time to sidereal time.
(BTW, when I first looked at it, I t
[Looks like a planetarium projector mount to me, but you guys on Sundial-L
are surely the group to know. Please reply also to Mr Blankenhorn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> directly.]
Bill Thayer
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Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 22:27:18 +
From: "R.C. Blankenhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have obtained an
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