I have not been able to find an original from which this was copied.  It has 
made me wonder whether this is some sort of pastiche.

Sara

42°36'N   71° 22'W
West Newton, MA 02465



From: JOHN DAVIS [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 5:37 PM
To: Tony Moss; [email protected]; Schechner, Sara
Subject: RE: Sundial At Tower Court, Wellesley College

Hi Sara,

Your idea of writing up the Wellesley College dial is a good one - I for one 
would like to know the full story and read your experiences.

The replica dial isn't a bad attempt (other than that awful gnomon!) and 
appears to have been hand engraved. But the details of the Equation of Time 
scale are missing and the half-hour fleur-de-lys don't have the shape I would 
expect for a Cole dial. Do you know if the original dial plate still exists?

Best regards,

John
----------------------------

Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials

--- On Sun, 31/3/13, Schechner, Sara 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

From: Schechner, Sara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: RE: Sundial At Tower Court, Wellesley College
To: "Tony Moss" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, 
"[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Sunday, 31 March, 2013, 19:54

The dial plate is a reproduction of the early 20th century, and the gnomon a 
messed up replacement!



I have been thinking of writing this up with the Team for the NASS Compendium 
as a short article on how to approach a dial found in the field.   Would that 
be of interest to others?



Cheers,

Sara



From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Moss
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 2:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sundial At Tower Court, Wellesley College



http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/pictures_112312.html >

A very fine dial plate but oh what a sad, sad, gnomon.

Tony Moss.

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