Bibliography of journal articles - English

The Bulletin of the British Sundial Society

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Bulletin Volume 13(i) March 2001

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2 Editorial

3. Brief History of the Measurement of Time - Harriet Wynter

9. The Horniman Museum Reflective Ceiling Dial Roy Ashley & John Moir

13. Kngs College Chapel Sundial, Aberdeen - John S Reid

15. What's the Angle A Capon

16. The Pembroke College Wall Dial Frank King

22. Newbury 2000 - A Grand Day OUt John Moir & Peter Ransom

25. Book Review

25. The Glossary and the Gnomonic Novice AF Baigent

26. Journal Review

28. CD - ROM Review

30. Readers Letters

32. An Easily Made Horizontal Garden Sundial - Allan A. Mills

34. Dial Dealings Mike Cowham

38. A Mosaic Sundial for Ebrington, Glos - simon Fry

41. Millennium Sundials for Nottinghamshire Schools - Donald J Bush

42. The Universal Equinotial Sundial, the BSS Emblem - Margaret Staier

44. Obituary: Peter Lamont

Bulletin Volume 12(iii) October 2000

106. Editorial

107. The Genesis of the Tyles and Bricklayers Sudial - Piers Nicholson

109 Medieval Monastic Sudials with Six Sectors: an Investigation into their origina and meaning - Mario Arnaldi

115. Photographing Sundials - Andrew James

120. The Conference at Cirencester, March 31- April 2, 2000

121. BSS Annual Genral Meeting 2000

124. Summary of the 1999 accounts - Gerald Stancey

125. Sundials for the year 2000 AD

129. The Brtish Sundial Society in Scotland 3 -11 June 2000 - Frank Evans

133. Readers letters

137. Some "Awards 2000" sundials

142. Backwards motion of the shadow on a sundial Allan A. Mills

149. The Gatty Family part II: The Book of Sun-Dials

154. British Sundial Society price list

155. Guidelines for contributors

156. BSS Bulletin 2000 - contents

Bulletin Volume 12(ii) June 2000

53. Editorial

55. A Sundial for Christ Church, Oxford, based on a dial by Nicholas Kratzer - David M. Brown

59. The Making of the Christ Church Sundial - David M. Brown

64. Graeco-Roman Sundials, part II: conical and other forms - Allan A Mills

70. The Noon Day Stone at St. Martin's Church, Horsley, Glos - Tony Wood

72. Private Sundials - Margaret Stanier

73. Some Msss Dials in Normandy - John Lester

76. The Gatty Family - part 1 - Mike Cowham

81. The BSS Awards Scheme

84. James Gregory's Meridian Line at St. Andrews University, 1673 -

John Anson

86. Cambridge Sundials Old and New: Lecture Report

87. Readers letters

88. Book Review: The Sun in the Church

90. Photographing the solar eclipse in Blugaria - 11 Aug 99 - Robert Sylvester

91. Notes from the Editor

91. The Search for Pre-Saxon Sundials - John Wall

96. Dial Dealings - - Mike Cowham

99. Photographing Mass Dials - Tony Wood

101 An Educational Heliochronomoter - Andree Chorkiewicz

103 A Portable Analemmatic Dial John Singleton

Bulletin Volume 12(i) February 2000

2. Editorial - Margaret Stanier

3. Graeco-Roman sundials, [art 1: Dials based on the sphere - Allan A. Mills

11. Railway time I> - John Wall

12. Bowl dials - A Compariison in depth - John Moir

15. A Solar Eclipse seen on a reflected ceiling dial - Paul Rainey

16. A Meridian Line in Normandy - John Lester

17. Two sundials in Austra;oa

19. THE MASS DIAL AT SOUTHWELL, 17th - 19th SEPTEMBER - John Lester

20. A Remote reading sundial - David Young

22. Dial dealings - Mike Cowham

26. Editors notes and reader's letters

29. Sundials at New College Oxford - Harriet James

32. Two Early 18th century sundials restored at Richmond Yorkshire - Alan Smith

35. Sundials in Anglo-Saxon England part 4, the late period - Aldbough and Orpington - David Scott

39. Book Reviews

41. Journal reviews

42. A Visit to Farnborough Noom Sundial - John Ingram

44. The total eclipse of the sun as seen form Bulgaris, 11th August 1999: A personal account - Robert Sylvester

45. A Trip to the N.A.S.S.Conference at Hartfromd CT, U.S.A. 1999 - Tony Moss

47. David Young bows out

48. The Downside ConnerctionI> - Jane Walker

49. Albert and the Equation of Time - Colin McVean

51. A Horizontal dial with Equartion of time buit in - John Singleton

52. Quotations

106. Editorial

107. The sundial of St Mary's Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey -K.H.Head

108. Two sundials in Andover, Hampshire -Peter Ransom

111. Dial Dealings -Mike Cowham

115. A Design for a horizontal sundial adjustable by rotation around a polar axis -Alexander C. Scott

118. The Sunrise line -John Wall

120. Book Review

121. Journal Review

122. Sundials in Anglo Saxon England part3, The Middle Period -Darlington and Pittington

128. Reader's letters

131. Notes from the Editor

132. Sun, Moon and Starts Time Measurement at sea -Professor David Waters

133. Cake & Balloons at Newbury: Report of the Newbury meeting, 22 May 1999 -John Moir & Peter Ransom

135. Millennium Fever -From our own Correspondent

136. A Noondial for schools

137. Dunchurch 1999: Tenth Anniversary Conference

139. Old sundials on the territory of former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -Milutin Tadic

142. B.S.S. Northumbrian sundial meeting -Gerald Stancey

144. A lightweight laser Trigon for layout of sundial lines -John Davis

146. Lasercut sundials for walls and windows -John Ward & Margaret Folkard

148. La Meridiana A Millennium Project -Mark Lennox-Boyd

152. Tenth Anniversary Conference photo

154. News from Italy

155. Guidelines for contributors

156. BSS Bulletin 1999, Contents

54 - Editorial

55- A Meridian Dial in a Subscription Library, Nottingham, by Douglas A. Bateman

62- Noon Marks and the projection of the Analemma, with some new versions of these old instruments, by Allan A. Mills

70- Putting the Shepherd's Dyal on the map, by John Moir

72- Dial Dealings, by Mike Cowham

76- China Sundials, by Peter Ransome

77- Satellites and Sundials, by John Davis

81- Readers' Letters

82- Editor's Notes

83- Sundials in Anglo-Saxon England: Part 2, The early period- Escomb and Corhampton, by David Scott

87- The Scaphe of Carthage, by Paul Gagnaire

91- Sundials on the Internet - The first three years, by Piers Nicholson

92- Sundials by Francis Barker & Son, by David J. Boullin

96- Vertical Dials - A method of estimating their declination, by David Young

98- Restoration of a vertical East Declining sundial, by Mike Cowham

99- Lieut. Commander Richard Andrewes, by D. A. Y.

An obituary

100- Some early sundials of Northumbria, by Frank & Rosemary Evans

104- Derivations, by K. H. Head

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Bulletin Volume 11 (i) February 1999

2 - Editorial

3 - Memento Mori, by Alan Smith

4- The Gnomon of the North: A new dial for Whitley Bay, by Frank Evans

Sundials in Anglo-Saxon England, by David Scott

8- A Berhardt sundial in Israel, by M.D.J. Isaacs

9- Astro-Compass or Heliochronometer, by Maurice J. Kenn

10- Life with a Heliochronometer, by Ann Colville

11- A taste of Italy, by John Ingram

12- Surprises at Heavens Gate, by Michael Carden

14- A conical sundial: Review of 2 offprints

16- Ten Years Ago

18- The Blazefield Sundial - designed and created by D.J. Bush and P.H. Rack 1997

19- The altitude sundials of Humphrey Cole, by Denys Vaughan

23- The Holehird heliochronometer, by Graham Aldred

25- Glass Sundials, by Allan A. Mills

26- Colour Plates

28- Glass Sundials - continued

30- Dial Dealings, by Mike Cowham

33- Editor's Notes

Readers' Letters

37- The Sundial Clock, by Pat Briggs

38- Three Sundials in Serbia, by Dr. Milutin Tadic

40- Shadowy Secrets: The lure of the obscure (Part 2), by John Moir

44- New for 1999

Combined subscriptions for the BSS and NASS

45- Grand Auction 1999

1st May 1999

46- Northamptonshire, by Frank Coe

47- Journal Review

48- Hemicyclium: Ratae, by A. A. Mills

Snippets, by Colin McVean

49- Scottish Lighthouse Sundials

A Fixed Pillar Dial, by John Singleton

51- Sundial Photographs

52- Sundial Photographs

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Bulletin 98.3 Oct 1998

2 - Editorial

3 - Shadowy Secrets: The lure of the obscure (Part 1), by John Moir

6- The Mass Dial group in East Anglia, by Margaret Stanier

8- Helios XXII, by Barry Mason

A model of an architectural structure including a reflective dial

9- Restoration and Conservation

10- The Newbury Meeting 20 June 1998, by John Moir & Peter Ransome

12- Analysis of the sundials on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: Possible parameters used in construction, by Manfred Huttig

16- Time's Tune on a liquid ambar leaf, by R.P.M. Holliday

18- Obituary: Charles Kenneth Aked (1921 - 1998)

20- Mass Dials in Ireland, by Andrew J. Ogden

21- Editor's Notes: Readers' Letters

24- International Sundial Symposium

in Genk, Belgium, 20 June 1998

27- Gregory: The Gipsy Dial, by A.F. Baigent

30- Shadow clocks and sloping sundials of the Egyptian New Kingdom and Late Period: Usage, Development and structure, by Sarah Symons

37- Sundials: the silent voice of time, by Milutin Tadic

38- Reviews: Offprints

40- Journal Review

41- Book Reviews

42- Dial Dealings, by Mike Cowham

44- Cross-Beam Ciphers, by Karlheinz Schaldach

50- 1998 Conference at Dunchurch Lodge Photograph

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Bulletin 98.2 June 1998

2 - Editorial

3 - New,Old & Problematic Dials in Varenna, Italy, by Graham V. Lobley

4- Ancient Egyptian Shadow Clocks, by Denis Schneider

8- Charles K. Aked, Founder Member

An obituary

9- A Sundial at Windsor Castle, by Jane Walker

11- Almost dials and useless dials

Correspondence

12- A twist on the helix dial, by Gary Rolfe

14- Da Buti, Dante and the measure of time, by Mario Arnaldi

16- Bernhardt dials

18- Gnomonic bibliographies, by Charles K. Aked

21- ' Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae' The incredible sundials of Athanasius Kircher, by Nicola Severino

26 - Conservation: The restoration of sundials, some necessary questions, by Christopher St.J. Daniel

32- Dials dealings, by Mike Cowham

33- BSS Awards Scheme 2000

A competition for the best dials made since 1995

34 - Readers Letters

37- A test table for horizontal dials, by John Davis

38- Reclining and declining dials, by John Singleton

40- The Hemispherium or Dial of Berosus in Anna Liffey Garden, Lucan, Co. Dublin, by Dick Shackleton

41- Two scratch dials and two modern dials in Hungary, by Lajos Bartha

43- Editor's notes

44- Journal Review, by Margaret Stanier; Book Review, by John Moir & David Young

45- Obituary: Professor Philip Adams

46- BSS Conference, Dunchurch Lodge 1-3 May, 1998

49- The sundial pages of Hutton's 'Recreations', by Peter Ransome

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Bulletin 98.1 February 1998

2 - Editorial

3 - The Sellotape Sundial, by Allan A Mills

10 - Sun Compass based on an artefact found at Uunartoq Fjord, Greenland, by Margaret Folkard & John Ward with introduction by Margaret Stanier

13 - A cushion sundial, by Nicola Severino

14 - Dunchurch Lodge and the heliochronometer, by Graham Aldred

16 - Book review

18 - Journal Reviews, by Charles K Aked

19 - The Poulton Hall Sundial, by J Mike Shaw

21 - A Golden Wedding dial

22 - Sundials painted in the cloister of an Italian Monastery, by Mario Arnaldi

26 - Analemmatic dial with a fixed gnomon, by John Singleton

26 - A 19th century vernacular horizontal sundial from outback Australia, by John Pickard

30 - Reflecting sundials, by CM Lowne

36 - Four Meridian Lines in Rome, by Nicoletta Lanciano

39 - Readers Letters

42 - Editors Notes

43 - Dial dealings, by Mike Cowham

46 - A plea for a new look at Roman portable dials, by Karlheinz Schaldach

51 - On the book of dials

52 - Guidelines for contributors

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BSS Bulletin number 97.3 - 1997

1 - Editorial

2 - The Zodiac, by Colin McVean

3 - Sundials in Israel, by Shaul Adam

7 - Two Poems, by Frank Poller & Harriett Winter

9 - QBasic Sundial Programs SUNDL1, 2 and 3, by PA Lamont

10 - When the Sun Shines, by John Davis

12 - A new analemmic sundial in Istanbul, by Stuart RC Malin

13 - The Floating Gnomon, by EGA Marianeshi and N Severino

15 - Window Dial at Apuldram, West Sussex, by RA Nicholls and CM Lowne

18 - DIY dialling scales, by GN Thorne

20 - The angel of Chartres, by Charles K Aked

22 - Telling the time by cardboard, by David J Bouillon

24 - Meridian Lines (the Andrew Somerville Memorial Lecture) by Charles K Aked

29 - Readers Letters

32 - "I am a sundial" by Christopher StJH Daniel

33 - Charles Aked, Founding Father, First Editor, and Vice President, by the Chairman

34 - Sundial in Pajala, Sweden by Dr. GB Townsend

35 - Book Reviews by Charles K Aked

36 - Journal Reviews by Charles K Aked

37 - Dials of Bonar, by Gordon E Taylor

38 - A sundial dedicated to James Taylor, by E Vilaplana and P Gagnaire

40 - De Boerenring by Fer J de Vries

43 - The Guernsey Liberation Monument by David O Le Conte

50 - Diallists Crossword, by John Singleton

51 - Invitation from France. Advertising in BSS Publications

52 - Sundials and Sun at Newbury, by Margaret Stanier

53 - A new sundial for Christ Church, Oxford, by Margaret Stanier

54 - BSS Conference at Newton Rigg, Penrith - May 1997 by Robert B Sylvester

1 - Editorial

2 - Portable dials: starting a collection, by John Moore

6 - Book Review

8 - BSS Northern Ireland Tour, by David Young

10 - Mass Dials in the Vale of the White Horse, by Margaret Stanier

11 - An analysis of some Mass Dials of Sussex and Kent, by CM Lowne

17 - A story of naturalised Dutch twins, by ThJJ van den Keiligenberg

24 - Altitude Dials at extreme latitudes, by Colin Thorne

29 - Sundials at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Key, by Allan J Mills

33 - Sundials on the Internet by Piers Nicholson

34 - Restoration of an 18th century vertical sundial, by Alan Smith

37 - Walker, Fecit, Dublin, by CJ Thorne

38 - Profile, Joanna Migdal

40 - In Arthur Mee's Footsteps, by John R. Davis

45 - Sundial Supporters - Part II, by Roger Bowling

47 - Opusculum of Dialling References

48 - The Pelginum, by Nicola Severino

51 - Queen's College Sundial, by Charles K Aked

53 - Moving a reclining equiangular sundial to another site, by BD Yallop

54 - Change of Editor

56 - Vade-Mecum Gnomoniste, by Peter Lamont

56 - Book Review

57 - Readers Letters

59 - Dialogue

1 - Dialogue: Dutch and Flanders Sundial Societies

2 - Newbury-in-Essex, by Margaret Stanier

A review of a workshop held in May 1996

4 - Dunphail: the making of a Sundial, by Anne Somerville

An account of making a sundial with 35 faces at Dunphail House, Moray, Scotland. 20 photographs.

9 - Bicentenary of the Hydrographic Office, by CStJH Daniel

The Bicentennial sundial designed by CStJH Daniel, and presented by the Master Mariners Company. 2 photographs.

10 - Azimuth Sundials, horizontal and vertical, by Admiral G Fantoni

A detailed explanation of these neglected types of dials. 9 diagrams.

16 - Portable Dials: Accessories, by John Moore

11 photographs.

22 - Simple Sundials Seen on Safari by Maurice J Kenn

11 photographs, of sundials seen in Toronto, Mount Tomah, Sydney, Kirribilli, Mosman, and Singapore.

26 - Meridian Line at Ramsgate, by MR Norris

5 photographs and 2 diagrams.

29 - Looking for Cowper's Sundial, by Frank Poller

3 line drawings

32 - The Sundials of Talmont II, by David J Boullin

5 photographs of cut-out sundials

34 - The King's England

Sundials mentioned in this series of county guides written by Arthur Mee in the 1930s and 1940s. The "old" counties mentioned are: Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucester, Warwickshire and Yorkshire (E, N and W Riding and York)

38 - BSS Annual Conference at Grantley Hall, Ripon, by Robert Sylvester

39 - The Chatham Sundial, by Robert K Mills

A technical description of this sundial (see 96.1 p.16). 2 diagrams

40 - Compendium

42 - Durer's Melancholia I: A Diallist's Dilemma, by PI Drinwater

2 line drawings

44 - The Torquetum by Charles K. Aked

This is one of the instruments in the Holbein painting "The Ambassadors". 1 diagram.

46 - Book Review

Sundials Australia.

47 - Readers Letters

49 - Thomas Hardy's Dial, by RA Nicholls

This dial is at Hardy's house, Max Gate, Dorchester. 4 photographs, 3 drawings

52 - Groomsbridge Placve Gardens, by Charles K Aked

This house near Tunbridge Wells has several sundials in the gardens.

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BSS Bulletin number 96.1 - February 1996

1 - In Memoriam - Dr. Marinus Johannes Hagen

2 - Dialogue

4 - The 1995 BSS Conference - Charles K Aked

held at Grantley Hall, Yorkshire. 12 photographs on Yorkshire sundials

9 - Open Book and Conical Dials, by Peter Lamont

8 illustrations of open book sundials

12 - Two Unusual Mass Dials in Dorset, by RA Nicholls and CM Lowe

4 photos and diagrams of dials at Thornford, Dorset

16 - The Shadow of Respect, by CStJH Daniel

2 photographs of the new commemorative vertical sundial on the old post office building in Chatham, Kent unveiled on the 189th anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson.

19 - The Sundials of the Talmont, by David J Boullin

Talmont in the Gironde area of France has 2 sundials and a sundial shop. 6 photos.

21 - Follow the Yellow Book Crowd, by Jane Walker

Description of the BSS tour of Paris in June 1995 and "Cadrans Solaires de Paris"

22 - Sunlight and Shadows, by Allan A Mills

Discussion of the umbra and penumbra cast by the disk of the sun. Photographs of the great equatorial dial at Jaipur, India and the Tower of Chou Kung in China.

28 - Mass Production Dials, by AF Baigent

An account of making 100 sundials for the RSPCA charity. 2 photos

29 - Where is the Sun?, by Gordon E Taylor

The best way of orienting a sundial. Description of the method used to orient the Seven Dials sundial in Covent Garden, London and of a computer program which gives the azimuth and altitude of the sun for any time, date and place to an accuracy of 0.1 deg.

30 - Portable Ring Dial, by Colin J Thorne

Describes a sundial telling the time from the altitude of the sun, not its azimuth. 1 photo

33 - The Story of the Guernsey Liberation Monument

This monument is designed so that the tip of an obelisk exactly follows a line marked by a stone seat 50 metres in length on 9th May, the anniversary of the liberation from occupation in 1945. Diagram.

34 - Refractive Sundials, by Allan A Mills

These sundials have the gnomon immersed in a liquid, usually water. Photographs

36 - The Astrolabe, by Rene R-J Rohr. 6 photographs

Detailed description of the workings of astrolabes, with illustrations.

40 - British Sundial Awards Scheme 1995, by Alan Smith

44 - Book Reviews

45 - Readers Letters

50 - Sundial Mottoes, by Charles K Aked

52 - Swords into Ploughshares, by Michael Hickman

1 - Dialogue

2 - The Ambassadors, by Charles K Aked

12 - Portable Dials - Altitude and Celestial, by John Moore

18 - The Cooke Heliochronometer, by Allan A Mills

19 - Chalice Dials, by Allan A Mills

26 - You Only Live Twice, by R. Vinck

27 - A Large Translucent Equatorial Sundial, by Maurice J Kenn

29 - The Art of Dialling, by John Briggs

33 - North Declining Vertical Dials, by Peter J Meadows

35 - Fundials, by John Lester

37 - Keeping Track of the Sun, by HR Mills

39 - The Life and Times of a Hardy Sundial, by John Moir

41 - The Story of Mrs. Gatty, by David Young

44 - Book Reviews

46 - Readers Letters

48 - Comments on the Canterbury Pendant, by PJ Drinkwater

49 - Henslow's Sketches, by M. Cowham

1 - Patrons Appeal - George Higgs Memorial Sundial

2 - Dialogue

4 - Portable Dials - Art and Decoration, by John Moore

8 - Give Us Back Our Eleven Days, by Douglas Woodruff

10 - Bewcastle Cross (part II), by Charles Aked

10 - Bewcastle Cross (poem), by Charles Aked

19 - La Torre dei Venti in Waticano, by Giovanni Paltrinieri

24 - Anemoscope and Meridian in the Tower of the Winds, by C. McVean

27 - A Dial by Richard Melville in Salisbury, Wilts, by RA Nicholls

32 - On Lunar Nomograms, by RR-J Rohr

36 - A Modern Reproduction .... Sundials, by CStJH Daniel

39 - The Canterbury Pendant, by Allan A Mills

45 - Plain Sundials, by Stuart RC Malin

50 - Book Reviews

51 - Readers Letters

52 - Foundation of Belgian Sundial Society, by Rene J Vinck

1 - Dialogue

2 - Bewcastle Cross, by Charles K Aked

9 - The London Dialmakers, by John Moore

15 - Proof of the Accuracy of the Capuchin and Regiomontanus Dials using the Polar Triangle of Navigation, by JW Findlay

18 - Bifilar Gnomonics, by Frederick W Sawyer III

27 - D6stereich Astronomischer Verein

28 - Some Early Dialling Title Pages and Illustration, by John Briggs

34 - A Medieval Ecclesiastical Sundial at Rackeve, Hungary, by Lajos Bartha and Dr. Szilvia A Holto

36 - The Theory of Equivalent Sundials, by Erwin H Overkamp

39 - Of Analemmas, Mean Time and the Analemmatic Sundial - Part II, by Frederick W Sawyer III

44 - Analemmatic Sundial, by Frederick W Sawyer III

45 - Readers Letters

50 - Book Reviews

51 - Declination Finder, by Ray Ashley

51 - The Scientific Instrument Society (SIS)

1 - Dialogue

The Queen's College Dial, Cambridge, by Charles K. Aked

This dial in Old Court measures some 7 ft. by 6 ft. It has zodiacal signs and a moon table enabling shadows cast by the moon to be converted to time. Also has lines for solar altitude, azimuth lines, sunrise time, and length of daylight hours.

The Gate of Honour, Cambridge, by Charles K. Aked

A magnificent hexagonal dial in Gonville and Caius College

10 - The Augsburg Dials, by John Moore

Sundials of all kinds, particularly universal equinoctial dials, were produced from the 17th century

14 - A Universal Nomographic Sundial, by Frederick W. Sawyer III

A modification of the traditional Capuchin dial, made from a card, a bead, a weight and a length of string

18 - The Meridian of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna - Part II

22 - Mass Dial Group Meeting, by Frank Evans

This meeting was held at Malham, N. Yorkshire in June 1994

23 - Contemporary Mottos for Sundials, by Frederick W. Sawyer III

Thirty relevant quotations which might increase the stock of sundial mottos

24 - The Albert Park Middlesborough Sundial, by Dr. John Wall

The dial is inscribed with 8 quotations in 4 different languages

29 - The Gregorian Reformation of the Calendar, by Girolamo = Fantani

A complete description of why it was thought necessary to change = the calendar, and the exact changes which were made

32 - Windows and Balconies as Simple sundials, by Girolamo = Fantani

35 - Computer Program

36 - Lunar Distances

The lunar distance method was a strong contender for the first = practical method for determining longitude at sea, though in the end Harrison's = seagoing chronometer proved a more useful method

41 - A Sunrise-Sunset Watch, by George Foster

Detailed instructions on how to calculate Equinox and Solstice = declination lines, altitude and azimuth lines, declination lines for the first day = of each month, and the time from sunrise to sunset line.

43 - Compendium 3

44 - Readers Letters

46 -Book Reviews - Geometry in Motion, Oxford Sundials

47 - The Geometry of Sunlight, by John Lynes

49 - Compendium - Bulletin of the North American Sundial = Society

50 - The late George Robert Higgs

1 - Dialogue

2 - Of Analemmas, Mean Time and the Analemmatic Sundial, by Frederick W. Sawyer III

with special reference to the church at Brou (Ain, France)

7 - Celestial Dails: An Unusal "Nocturnal", by Girolamo Fantoni

11 - Ring Dials, by John Moore

The three main types: poke dials, equinoctial ring dials, and astronomic ring dials are described.

15 - A Not So Modern Myth, by Martin Barnes

Did IK Brunel build the Box railway tunnel near Bath so that the sun would shine directly through it on his birthday, 9th April? It is shown that the sun does shine through the tunnel at down, normally on two days a year, the 6th and 7th April.

18 - The Barley Corn Circle Measure, by Hugh H. Frnaklin

20 - Ancient Sundial Re-created and refined, by Allan Mills

Describes two sundials on the wall of the Bennett building at Leicester University

21 - Book Review: Practical Astronomy

22 - The Uranical Astrolable of John Blagrave, by Charles K. Aked

30 - An Ancient Chinese Sundial with 100 Divisions to the Day

This dial is in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto (but not diplayed at present)

32 - The Meridian of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, Part I

Describes the laying out by Cassini of the meridian line, a major feat of calculation and craftsmanship.

37 - A Large Translucent Universal Equatorial Sundial, by Maurice J Kenn

39 - The Transylvanian Analemmatic Sundial, by Robert McVean

Describes the construction of an analemmatic sundial at a school at Bradet near Sacele in Romania by a team of British volunteers

42 - Portable sundials in Ancient Rome, by Rene R-J Rohr

45 - British Sundial Society Open Award

46 - Winslow Hall Calendar Footpath, by Peter Cayley

47 - Readers Letters

50 - The Horniman Trail, by John Moir

Describes the many sundials in the grounds of the Horniman Museum in south London

52 - Secretary's Notebook

2 - Dialogue

3 - The Ivory Diptych Dial - Part 2, by John Moore

This part deals with understanding the markings

8 - A Method of determining the North and Latitude, by JG Freeman. 11 photographs, 1 diagram

An interesting experiment, suitable for a classroom experiment as an application of stereoscopic projection. 4 diagrams

9 - Sundials in Illustrations, by Charles K. Aked

13 illustrations

17 - Sun Compasses, by Michael Hickman

Sun compasses use the time to measure the direction of the sun relative to north. 2 photographs, 4 diagrams

22 - A Three-Point Sundial Construction, by Frederick W. Sawyer III

A technique based on "Projective Dialling" by William Leybourn, 1682

24 - A Table of Time Differences in Spanish Cities, by Master A. de Nebrissa

This tract was originally published in 1517.

28 - The Dialling Instruments Depicted in "The Ambassadors", by Peter I. Drinkwater

1 diagram

30 - More about the Equation of Time and the analemma, by Allan Mills

1 photograph (the analemma in the sky) and 3 diagrams

32 - The Equation of Time for the Moon, by Allan Mills

I diagram

33 - Curiosities of Dialling - Part 2, to make eccentric sundials, by Peter I. Drinkwater

from the notes of Nicholas Kratzer in the Bodleian library. 6 daigrams

35 - The Decay of Natural Building Stone, by RA Nicholls

37 - Manchester Sundial Meeting, Canadian Sundial

This meeting in October 1993 was concerned with portable dials

38 - Tables of Time relating to Watchwork, by William Derham

from "The Artificial Clockmaker" by William Derham, 1694

41 - Book Reviews - The Art of Sundial Construction, Sloneczny Pomiar Czasu (catalogue of dialling instruments in the Panstwowe Museum in Poland)

42 - Nicholas Kratzer - A short Biography

Kratser was born in 1487 and was clockmaker to King Henry VIII of England

44 - The National Trust for Scotland - Limited Edition sundial Plate

45 - New Colour Postcard Series, by A.V.Simcock

46 - Sundial Makers List, by David Young

47 - Sundial Books List, by David Young

48 - Secretary's Notebook

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BSS Bulletin number 93.3 - October 1993

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1 - Dialogue

2 - The Sundial on the Old Franciscan Church in Rouffach, France, by Rene R-J Rohr

A very interesting detective story to discover the meaning of a dilapidated sundial on a church in Alsace which was almost destroyed with the neighbouring abbey by the mob in 1789.

6 - Astronomy and Stonehenge, by Robert Mills

A description of how the architects of Stonehenge used it to keep track of eclipses

8 - An Introduction to the Equation of Time, by David W. Hughes

A very complete description of the Equation of Time, with 4 diagrams and 2 tables.

12 - A Triple Sundial, by F. J. de Vries

A Sundial which reads solar time, azimuth, and the astrological houses.

13 - Shepherds and Sundials, by Michael Hickman

A method of plotting the sun's altitude against time

16 - The Ivory Diptych Dial, part 1 by John Moore

Description of dials made in Dieppe and Nuremburgin the 16th and 17th centuries, with 8 photographs

20 - Some Sundials of Cambridgeshire, by Margaret Stanier

Description of 17 dials in Cambridgeshire (apart from the city of Cambridge) with 4 photographs.

22 - There's a thingey on that watsit?", by Colin Thorne

Jottings of a Big Dial Hunter

23 - Determination of Local Solar Time by Observing a Shadow on Three Occasions, by J.G. Freeman

An interesting exercise, giving greater insight into the mathematics of sundials.

24 - A Tyneside Shipyard Sundial, by Frank Evans

Description of a sundial at the Neptune Works, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with 3 photographs.

26 - Sundials Down Under, by John Ward and Margaret Folkard

28 - Description of some of the products of Sundials Australia, including the large Mount Tomah sundial, with 12 photographs.

31 - Buying a Sundial - the Ten Commandments, by M.J. Cowham

A useful guid to buying a sundial, with special emphasis on antique (and new) horizontal garden sundials

32 - Destruction by Decay, by Charles K. Aked

The accelerating deterioration of ancient scratch dials, with 8 photographs

39 - A Memorial Dial in Swindon, Wiltshire, by Colin McVean

A memorial dial in Swindon Town Gardens, with 1 photograph

39 - A New Analemmatic Dial at Leicester, by Colin McVean

A dial where the observer acts as the gnomon, at the Museum of Technology, with 1 photograph.

40 - Biflar Gnomonics, by F.J. de Vries

41 - Book Reviews

42 - Letters to the Editor

44 - Secretary's Notebook

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A listing of journal articles in Dutch is given in Tijdschriften - Nederlands

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A summary of a typical issue of ANALEMMA, issued by the Spanish Sundial Society, is given below

NO. 17 (May-Agust, 1996):

MONASTIC WORKING-HOURS AND OLD SUNDIALS

In this article Mr Valdes is going on with one of his favourite things: the hours of the Monks prayers. Now he tryes to investigate the hour-by-hour working and praying timetable, settle by St. Benedict of Nursia about the year 1120, and later adopted by others religious Communitis. But those rules were hardly suitable for the monastic life in higher latitudes, so the ought to be changed, becoming more permissive as for the praying, working, and resting time. He also states that sundials were not all effective in those high-latitude Monasteries, so the Monks had to make use of others devises to know the time, besides the "Mass-Dials".

DIALING BY THE "DRESSMAKER METHOD"

This incongous name is applied to a really ingenious system suitable to design declining sundials. With the aid of a metric ribbon graduated with linear values of tangent and cosinus (a ribbon computer, says humourly the Author)dials declining up to 70 deg can be designed with accuracy, in only a few minutes and without any mathematic calculus. We think it is a very original and convenient method not found before in the classic gnomonic books. Furthermore, in spite of its name you donīt need any sartorial ability!

THE SUNDIAL OF ST. JEROME ROYAL MONASTERY, AT GRANADA

The Architect C.E Esteve Secall presents us a comprehensive description of the sundial found at the Real Monasterio de San Jeronimo. It is a triface dial now provided with three orthogonal gnomons, which could not be the original ones. On one face there is a West declining quadrant, while the other one is declining East. Construction year was 1763 and it is signed by Airaldo, perhaps a Latinised form of Ayrald or Ayrault, a Frech Vicar who was a presumed victim of the French Revolution. We think that this sundial has never been reported up to ow, so we congratulate Mr Esteve for his contribution to the history of sundials in Spain.

GNOMONICS VERSIFIED

Juan de Arfe Villafaņe was a reputed sculptor, goldsmith, and architect who wrote in 1585 the well known "Varia Commmesuracion para Escultura y Arquitectura". This was a long-lasting book, since it was reprinted and reedited many times, the last one as late as 1773. A best-sellerby today standards (See ANALEMA No.5. All along the book we can find a great number of versified rules-of-thumb. P.Dantillo inserts some of those padding verses found in Chapter IV, dedicated to sundials.

HORIZONTAL AND EQUATORIAL COORDINATES

A short repertoire of formulae useful to convert horizontal to equatorial coordinates, and vice versa.

VECTOTIAL GNOMONICS

In past issues of ANALEMA A. de Vicente has published many articles about the application of vectorial calculus to gnomonic problems. Now he has made a systematic remake of those articles and offers us a revival of vectors gliding out by his beloved triedres associated to the Sun, Earth and Celeste Axis. This is the first article on his new vectorial theory, a delight for the masterly mathematics-minded people and a thriller (to be continued...) for the rest of the commoners.

TIME EQUATION AND DECLINATION TABLES

A day-to-day table of Solar Declination and Time Equation values for the year 1997. It includes also the Moon phases. As in preceding years it has been computer-calculated by our ubiquitous dialist M.M. Valdes.