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| sundials, Cumbria | ||||
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| Sundials tell the local apparent time, time by the sun. |
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| Here in The Lakes we are about 3 degrees west of London, so the time is 12 minutes
late; and an hour more late in Summer Time. And there is a further small correction
due to the Equation of Time; if you want to know about these things then read a book,
try Waugh 1973. It is possible to make very accurate sundials, the Gibb's heliochronometer
is one such. |
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| Scratch Dials |
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| A simpler sundial is the scratch dial, lines scratched onto the south facing wall
of a church, or perhaps on a cross, radiating out from a hole in which a stick could
be inserted to provide a shadow. Remains of such dials are easy to imagine and we
are sceptical about some which have been reported. |
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Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, SD22617394 -- Sundial. (photo 18.6.2011) | ||
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High Green Hill, Stapleton, NY53006997 -- Gnomon of a sundial. (photo 1.6.2012) | ||
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Holy Trinity, Seathwaite, SD22919614 -- (photo 17.11.2005) | ||
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school, Westnewton, NY13514414 -- Sundial. (photo 16.9.2011) | ||
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Sunny Brow House, Staveley, SD46739847 -- Sundial:- (photo 9.9.2011) | ||
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Threlkeld CofE Primary School, Threlkeld, NY31952544 -- Front entrance and sundial. (photo 18.9.2011) | ||
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St Cuthbert, Bewcastle, NY56547456 -- Stained glass; foliage and a scratch dial. (photo 29.8.2014) | ||
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| references:- |
Chaucer:::::various quotations, eg Parson's Prologue, and introduction to the Man
of Laws Tale Cole, T: 1935: Classification of Church Scratch Dials Cole, T: 1935: Origin and Use of Church Scratch Dials Cousins, F W: 1969: Sundials ...: Baker (London) Daniel, C StJ H: 1986: Sundials: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire) Desargues, G: 1659: Universal Way of Dyalling ... and Making ... Sundials:: Clockmaker's Company library Diderot: 1777: Encyclopedie ou Dictionaire des Sciences: (Geneva) Dymock, R G V: 1930=1932 (?): Scratch Dials on Wiltshire Churches: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine: vol.45: pp.291-299,533-534 Earle, Alice Morse: 1902: Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday: Macmillan (London) Eden, H K F &Lloyd, E: 1900: Book of Sundials, The: George Bell (London):: new version of Gatty 1872 Emerson: 1770 (c): Dialling: (London) Ferguson, James: 1843: Principles and Art of Dialling &Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics and Astronomy (in): Tegg, Thomas (London):: lecture 10 Foster (?): 1654: Elliptical or Azimuthal Horologiogrpahy: (London) Gatty, Arthur, Mrs: 1872: Book of Sundials, The: Bell and Daldy (London):: ALSO SEE Eden and Lloyd 1900 Green, Arthur R: 1926: Sundials: Macmillan (New York) Henslow, T G W: 1914: Sundial Booke, Ye Herbert, A P, Sir: 1967: Sundials Old and New Higgins, Kathleen: 1953: Classification of Sundials: Annals of Science: 9: 342 358 Horne, Ethelbert: 1917: Primitive Sundials or Scratch Dials Hyatt, Alfred H: 1903: Book of Sundial Mottoes, A: Scott-Thaw (New York, United States) Landon, Perceval: 1904: Helio-tropes ...: Methuen (London):: ALSO SEE Parmenter, J 1625 Leadbetter: 1773: Mechanick Dialling: Caslon (London) Leybourn, William: 1682: Dialling: (London) Masters, J N: 1921: Amusing Reminiscences of Victorian Times Mayall, R Newton &Mayall, Margaret W: 1938: Sundials: Hale Coshman and Flint (Boston) Parmenter, J: 1625: Helio-tropes or New Posies for Sundials:: Clockmaker's Company library; SEE Landon, P 1904 Price, Derek J: 1957: Precision Instruments to 1500::: SEE Singer et al 1957 Price, Derek J: 1964:: Technology and Culture: 5 (1) Price, Derek J: 1968: Vistas in Astronomy: Pergamon Press (Oxford): vol.9 Rohr, Rene R J: 1970: Sundials, History, Theory and Practice: (Toronto) Shakespeare, William::::: various quotations, eg Henry Vi part III, 2, v; As You Like It, II, Vii Singer, C J & Holmyard, E J & Hall, A R &Williams, T I: 1957: History of Technology: Oxford University Press: vol.3: pp.582-601 Smith, Alan: 1975: Clocks and Watches: Connoiseur (London):: pp.14-18; ISBN 0 90030 508 8 Stebbins, Frederick A: 1961 (April): Medieval Portable Sundial, A: Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Strong, C L: 1966 (May): ... Sundial ...: Scientific American:: the Amateur Scientist column pp.130-134 Strong, C L: 1967 (November): ... Unusual Kind of Sundial: Scientific American:: pp.138-139 Sturmy, Samuel, Capt: 1683: Art of Dialling, The: (London) Ward, F A B: 1970 (4th edn) & 1936: Time Measurement: HMSO &Science Museum:: ISBN 0 901 80502 5 Waugh, Albert E: 1973: Sundials, their Theory and Construction: Dover (New York):: ISBN 0 486 22947 5 |
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