Hi All, In my previous e-mail I noted "a clear-cut case of plagiarism which I saw in the latest issue of the NASS Compendium". This might have been be mistaken as if some item in The Compendium was plagiarized. If that is the case, I apologize for my poor usage of the English language. What I intended to say is, that the Sightings section of the Compendium showed a picture of a public sundial that, in my opinion, is plagiarized from the large Henry Moore sundials. The sundial, not the picture, to be sure.
This mail gives me the opportunity to share a striking case of synchronism. When I got home last night after posting the previous e-mail, I found the bulletin "Zonnetijdingen" of the Flemish Sundial Society in my snail-mailbox. It had an article by M. Jooris about the Moore sundial at IBM in La Hulpe! Jooris happened to address my question of how and when the dial found its way from the Times headquarters in London to IBM in La Hulpe. It appeared that Times sold it to the Observer, I guess together with the building. Later on, IBM bought the dial from an art dealer in London. Regards, Frans Maes 53.1 N, 6.5 E -
