RE: Equatorial Ceilng Dial

2002-01-13 Thread Ian Maddocks
. Regards Ian Maddocks

Re: OS Map refs.

2002-09-10 Thread Ian Maddocks
. Yes with enough digits they were quoted to the nearest meter! regards Ian Maddocks _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -

Re: A sundial at the rebuilt World Trade Center?

2003-03-10 Thread Ian Maddocks
for relatives that would be in shadow from the time of the first impact to the time of the 2nd collapse, calculated for 9/11.I don't beleive that this was the design chosen however. Ian Maddocks Altrincham, England _ Stay in touch

RE: Sundials in the movies

2005-02-23 Thread Ian Maddocks
collapses over after getting shot in an episode of the Simpsons, but I guess that's not what you had in mind. cheers Ian Maddocks Chester, UK -

Re: AW: Clever stuff!

2006-05-15 Thread Ian Maddocks
Tony Indeed these things have been around for a good few years! I have still an article in a lasers/optics trade magazine from December 1997 when the technique was first announced by the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden.Only one laser is involved, a short pulse Nd:YLF Neodinium : Yttrium

Re: Numb3rs

2006-10-31 Thread Ian Maddocks
=22515520prognum=77155episode=903170isfilm=Notypes= regards Ian Maddocks Chester, UK - Original Message - From: Fred Sawyer To: Sundial List Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: Numb3rs List members who can view U.S. television may want to watch the CBS show

Antikythera Mechanism lecture

2009-12-27 Thread Ian Maddocks
hi For anyone in northern England who might be interested, one of the lectures next year at the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society will be about the Antikythera Mechanism Merry Christmas Ian Maddocks Chester, UK ian_maddo...@hotmail.com from http://www.manlitphil.co.uk/13.html

Skyscraper to be used as a Sundial in Manchester

2011-06-15 Thread Ian Maddocks
-in-manchester-as-554ft-tall-sundial-for-summer-solstice-and-yes-there-is-a-plan-b-for-cloudy-skies Ian Maddocks Chester UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Terminator

2011-09-23 Thread Ian Maddocks
hi Doug Try www.daylightmap.com/ as an alternative regards Ian Maddocks Chester, UK -- From: Douglas Bateman douglas.bate...@btinternet.com Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:25 PM To: Sundial sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Terminator

Re: Star maps

2012-01-16 Thread Ian Maddocks
hi Doug My default fully-featured free planetarium software is Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/ It is very feature packed and you can whizz around the sky mouse driven no trouble (without learning the key board shortcuts) regards Ian Maddocks Chester, UK From: Patrick Powers

Australia Meridian/Noon Mark Transit of Venus

2012-05-26 Thread Ian Maddocks
mark / meridian / nsw / queensland./ australia but can't see anything obvious.Does anyone know of any meridians that might show the transit? Thanks in advance Ian Maddocks UK--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Meridian lines

2012-05-27 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hi What i was meaning ( and i should have been clearer in my first email) was a meridian line like in some European cathedrals. If you look at the top middle picture on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/page16.html You can see the projected image of the sun during a partial eclipse. I had

RE: The GPS zero meridian club

2014-04-30 Thread Ian Maddocks
number lat / long lines (and why) Good luck with the membership drive! Ian Maddocks Chester, UK --- Original Message --- From: Douglas Bateman douglas.bate...@btinternet.com Sent: 30 April 2014 17:37 To: Sundial list sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: The GPS zero meridian club This is a new

691236 : A Clock-Parasol

2014-09-04 Thread Ian Maddocks
http://www.691236.com/index_e.html Morning! I was just wasting my life reading a Bored Panda article about fun umbrellas when I saw this. A parasol with sun paths on the inside so you can tell the time For those BSS who were there, it reminded me of the sculptor who talked at the

Re: Clouding the issue

2015-03-30 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hi So what is required is some coating that absorbs in the radio part of the spectrum (i.e. not absorbed by clouds), then reemits in the visible? You then coat the dial plate and can tell what is in the radio shadow of the gnomon. OK, that may be a little outside the box Ian Chester, UK ---

(UK only) Guernsey sundial

2015-05-09 Thread Ian Maddocks
seat . I was shocked that this was unveiled 20 years ago today (though the journal article may have been more recent). I think from a quick search the reporter is in the right place for it to appear on some coverage today, though it's cloudy in Guernsey Best wishes Ian Maddocks Chester, UK

RE: public works sundial

2016-05-23 Thread Ian Maddocks
lar declination" but let's hope it progresses beyond the desktop model stage Ian Maddocks Chester UK 53:11:50 N 2:52:41 W From: sasch...@hotmail.com To: sasch...@hotmail.com; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: public works sundial Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:38:03 -0700 http://www.archdaily.c

Re: British artist accuses Shanghai sundial of being ‘complete copy’

2017-02-08 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hi Dan I was the person who told Wendy Taylor about the copy dial after I saw it on Instagram last autumn. Strangely in some articles it gets reported she was told by an "art aficionado" , better than "sundial geek" I suppose. It was amazing that the copy got taken down so soon after the

RE: [BSS] New Sundials in Britain

2016-09-12 Thread Ian Maddocks
is available from the members only area of the BSS website or from John Foad, the Registrar. Spotting new dials this way seems a great source of new sightings! Ian Maddocks Chester, UK N 53:11:50 W 2:52:41 frog.happy.froze I had compiled the list above when text

[BSS] New Sundials in Britain

2016-09-12 Thread Ian Maddocks
this way seems a great source of new sightings! Ian Maddocks Chester, UK N 53:11:50 W 2:52:41 frog.happy.froze I had compiled the list above when text for the newsletter was submitted a few weeks ago. Since then I have found many more dials mainly on Instagram and I’ve stopped

Longcase Clock with Equation of TIme

2016-10-05 Thread Ian Maddocks
-and-year-calendar-longcase-clock-by-john-topping-london/170271 It's a premade disk with EoT table that rotates in a year, not a P type kidney cam, but was new clock complication to me greetings from Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W frog.h

Re: Longcase Clock with Equation of TIme

2016-10-08 Thread Ian Maddocks
! And in case anyone is interested . If you want a mechanical watch with EoT here's a watch selling site with a search included http://www.chrono24.co.uk/search/index.htm?query=equation+of+time=true=1 But expect to be paying at least one kidney Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'50"N 2°52

Sundials on OS maps

2016-11-21 Thread Ian Maddocks
n the size of some of the dials I have found on Instagram i'm not 100%! Thanks regards Ian Maddocks Chester UK N 53:11:50 W 2:52:41 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Ian Maddocks
quot; under the maps is invaluable, and includes the W3W reference on the last line see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idgc.srf?x=538955=177217 for example Ian Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W frog.happy.froze From: sundial <sundia

Re: Win a NOMOS ring dial

2016-12-03 Thread Ian Maddocks
By the way you have to enter TODAY Sat 3/12, ie in the next few hours I looked back at the page for Friday and the entry form has been removed already Ian From: sundial <sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Ian Maddocks <ian_maddo...@hotmail.com&

Win a NOMOS ring dial

2016-12-03 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hi all The watch brand NOMOS is having an advent calendar give away Thursday was a MaxBill stool, yesterday was caviar and today is a NOMOS ring sundial to win Free to enter... http://advent.nomos-glashuette.com/presents/3/ regards Ian Ian Maddocks Chester UK N 53:11:50 W 2:52:41

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Ian Maddocks
if that word-combination (or something too close to it) isn't already in use? Thanks again. Michael Ossipoff On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Ian Maddocks <ian_maddo...@hotmail.com<mailto:ian_maddo...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Michael From reading the web site, as I understand

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Ian Maddocks
accurate than a post code , and easy to remember compared to lat and long to the same accuracy. Merry Christmas Ian Chester, UK Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> From: Michael Ossipoff Sent: 7:34PM, Monday, 26 December Subject: Re: Precise locations To: Ian Maddocks Cc: Douglas B

New dial unveiling, Sydney Australia

2017-08-13 Thread Ian Maddocks
Just seen new sundial to be unveiled Saturday 26th August, Sydney suburb of Beecroft, Hornsby. Maybe be of interest https://www.instagram.com/p/BXu1i0NjmR5/ >From report on http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1476 it seems as if it will be a replacement for a stolen dial Greetings from

Re: Watches that display EoT

2017-06-17 Thread Ian Maddocks
, regards Ian Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W <https://marine.breguet.com/?utm_source=HP_Marine_campaign=BW_5887> Breguet Marine Équation Marchante 5887<https://marine.breguet.com/?utm_source=HP_Marine_campaign=BW_5887> marine.breguet.com The new Marine É

Dickens' sundial

2018-07-21 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hello Diallists Whilst trawling Instagram #sundial i found this, asking for info about a dial once belonging to Charles Dickens. Can anyone help them? There's a drawing and photo provided in the link below https://www.instagram.com/p/BldQFsbAixH/?tagged=sundial Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53

Re: Is this sundial business 'genuine', or not?

2018-07-21 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hi Gents Glad to see sundial education still being well discussed, though i fear we have quite a way to go. In my Instagram trawls a while back was a video of a lady standing on an analemmatic dial "It's a great sundial" she said, "You stand on your birthday" Ian Mad

Scottish Lighthouse dials

2018-07-14 Thread Ian Maddocks
useums and 4211 at Cape Wrath lighthouse (not >visited since 1992 but hopefully still there) Esha Ness is of a different design and is a replacement as commented by others None of the other three dials (4211 6286 7626) has shown up on Instagram in the last two years Best wishes Ian Maddocks Ch

NOMOS ring dial competition

2018-12-09 Thread Ian Maddocks
nce to win that item so to be in with a chance of winning the dial you need to enter TODAY Monday, I presume before midnight in Germany tonight https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-10 Good luck & lets hope it goes to one of our community Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'5

Re: NOMOS ring dial competition

2018-12-18 Thread Ian Maddocks
Hello again This year, for the first time, they are now giving away one of the gold ring dials Enter the give away here https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-19 regards Ian From: Ian Maddocks Sent: 10 December 2018 06:58 To: sundial@uni

Schmoyer Sunquest

2019-03-19 Thread Ian Maddocks
/sundial/ regards Ian Maddocks Chester, UK​ 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Schmoyer Sunquest

2019-03-19 Thread Ian Maddocks
it for the number of unknown dials I find. Regards Ian Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> From: Dave Bell Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 1:30:06 AM To: 'Roger'; 'Ian Maddocks'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: Schmoyer Sunquest Well, Roger, I like l

NOMOS ring dial competition

2019-12-06 Thread Ian Maddocks
nce to win that item, so to be in with a chance of winning the dial you need to enter TODAY Saturday, I presume before midnight in Germany tonight https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-7 Good luck & lets hope it goes to one of our community Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'5

Re: NOMOS ring dial competition

2019-12-20 Thread Ian Maddocks
There's another ring dial to win today https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-21 Merry Christmas Ian From: Ian Maddocks Sent: 07 December 2019 06:18 To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: NOMOS ring dial competition Hello Fellow Dialists For several

Re: NOMOS ring dial competition

2020-12-06 Thread Ian Maddocks
nce to win that item, so to be in with a chance of winning the dial you need to enter TODAY Monday, before midnight in Germany tonight 7 — NOMOS Glashütte (nomos-glashuette.com)<https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-7> Good luck & lets hope it goes to one of our community

Nebra Sky Disc

2021-12-27 Thread Ian Maddocks
to 17th July. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/world-stonehenge regards Ian Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

NOMOS ring dial competition

2021-12-12 Thread Ian Maddocks
nce to win that item, so to be in with a chance of winning the dial you need to enter TODAY Monday, before midnight in Germany tonight https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/advent-calendar-day-13 Good luck & let's hope it goes to one of our community. Stay safe Ian Maddocks Chester, UK 53°11'5