Congratulations, Tony. As a Canadian I'm delighted to hear we're getting such a fine dial in one of our Atlantic Provinces. It's unclear to me, though, why a college in PEI, if it wanted a dial, should choose a replica of a dial that had been made for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Do you know why they chose that particular dial or what the occasion was for having the dial made? Len Berggren
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Tony Moss <[email protected]>wrote: > Fellow Shadow Watchers, > > On Friday 26th October at Holland College on Prince Edward Island in > Canada a full-size re-production of a sundial made by Heath and Wing of > London in 1773 will be inaugurated. This 17.4" diameter instrument was the > last commercial sundial to leave my workshop in 2011. > > Inscribed "The gift of SAMUEL HOLLAND Esq. his MAJESTY's Surveyor > General of Lands for the Northern District of North > America to Dartmouth College New Hampshire" > > By kind permission of Dartmouth College, the dial, in phosphor bronze, has > been accurately reproduced but re-delineated to read correctly at its new > location. > > The time of the inauguration has yet to be announced but will be published > on the SML as soon as I have been informed of it. The college authorities > would welcome the attendance of any dialists from NASS or BSS who might be > nearby at the time. > > How I wish I could be there :-( > > Tony Moss > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > -- J. L. Berggren Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University 8888 University Dr. Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 phone: 604-936-2268 fax: 604-936-2168 website: http://people.math.sfu.ca/~berggren/
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