Re: Oughtred

[John Davis]

Hi Gunther,   I believe the name is usually pronounced "Oo-tred", though I have heard "Ow-tred" on occasions.  It is an unusual name in English - I have never met anyone with it.  Perhaps a linguist out there can tell us where it comes from.   Whatever - he did invent my favourite dial!   BTW - the author of the BSS paper, Michael Lowne, tells me that several typos got past the printers, despite his best efforts correcting the proofs.  Most importantly, there is a sign wrong in one of the equations, though I can't remember which at the moment.   Regards,   John ------------------------------------------------------ Dr J R Davis Flowton, UK 52.08N, 1.043E email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Günther Faltlhansl To: Sundial List Sent: 01 July 2001 18:50 Subject: Oughtred Dear anglophone dialists, An article in the recent BSS Bulletin on the double-horizontal dial by W. Oughtred has revived my interest in it and I also revisited Fred Sawyer's article on this type of "astrolabic" dial in the Compendium 4-1. So far, so good. As I normally do not read aloud to myself, it had never occurred to me that I did not know how to pronounce Oughtred's name correctly. Whilst I suppose that one simply ignores the "gh", it might yet be pronounced, for examle as in "tough" or any other way - but which? I presume there are plenty of experts to help me. My thanks to them in beforehand. G. Faltlhansl 47°55' N 13°35' E