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The Society has members from many different backgrounds, including professional scientists, artists in stone and metal, historians and designers, computer programmers, and many others who are simply interested in sundials and how they work. |
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The Dial of the Month is back ! After a long absence of the Dial of the Month, John Foad has enabled this feature to return to the website with contributions from the Register. Please send your own submissions of your favourite sundials to the webmaster. This is your chance to show your favourite (public) dial (perhaps one near where you live, or one you have found on your travels) to other dialling enthusiasts around the world. News
BSS Photo Competition 2008.
The BSS Conference 2009 will be held on 15-17 May at
The Cumbria Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6ENThe Society will be running its Photo Competition again this year. It is open to all Members of the Society and entries will only need to be submitted before early 2009 so there is plenty of time to get out and about this summer to find your winning shot. The 2007 Photo Competition results were announced at our recent Annual Conference at Latimer earlier this year and they can be found here. Have a look to see the standard to beat! More information about the 2008 competition, its rules and the entry form can be found here (PDF 25K), though a printed version will be included in the next edition of the Bulletin. In the meantime if you have any queries at all do please contact the organiser, Patrick Powers at the address given in our contacts page here. The Society's main publication, the Bulletin, is published four times a year and sent to all members. The contents of all issues up to June 2008 are listed here. (MS Word .doc file) With The Bulletin we send out an informal Newsletter. All past issues are available on-line here. The June 2008 issue is available on-line here
Some of our own members design and/or make sundials and have Web sites. They are listed here We're grateful to our member Piers Nicholson for setting up this Web site. His own site, 'Sundials on the Internet' contains much information including projects you can do, books and sundial trails all over the world. |
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How can we help you?
The
links on the left of this page will take you to some of the most
important parts of the site. The FAQs to the right should answer
your questions.
The
Dials
of Distinction pages
give useful information and photographs of interesting sundials in
the UK and around the world. Our Links page tells you where to
find many more.
The Sundial
Glossary is
a very comprehensive on-line reference encyclopedia, including
formulae for designing many different types of dial, pictures of
dial types and parts and historical information on sundials and
their makers. If you are carrying out research for a project it
will prove to be an invaluable source of information.
The
books and publications section of this site lists all of the
important books on sundialling, many of which you can order from
us.
If you find yourself coming back to this site regularly
then you've probably become 'hooked' on sundials like the rest of
us, and you should join our society. Members receive the quarterly
Bulletin and many other benefits.
Why don't you join
us? Our
membership
page explains
how you can sign up.
The Society has a pool of experienced lecturers who are prepared to give short talks of an informal nature, ranging from lectures on the history of dialling to technical details. Needless to say the lectures are always well illustrated! For more information contact the secretary.
Frequently Asked Questions
