June 2012 page 48
Chris Lusby Taylor

BSS Conference, Cheltenham, 13-15 April 2012

This report summarises the British Sundial Society's annual conference in Cheltenham. It covers various talks including Allan Mills on the Gaocheng Observatory, Kevin Karney on sundial software, Johan Wikander on Norwegian horizontal dials, and presentations by David Brown and Tony Moss on their dial designs. The conference also featured a discussion forum on the Society's future and a tour of local dials.
DIY Sundial Projects, Historical Dials, Sundial Design & Layout, The BSS and Members

June 2010 page 31
Chris Lusby Taylor

The 21st Annual BSS Conference, Exeter University, Devon, 9-11 April 2010

This report summarises the British Sundial Society's 21st annual conference, highlighting the positive weather and successful organisation by Patrick Powers. It details various talks and demonstrations, including stone carving and lettering by Ben Jones, sundials as aeolian harps by Allan Mills, unequal hour lines by Fred Sawyer, and mass dial prevalence by Chris Williams. The conference also featured a sundial tour and dinner.
The BSS and Members

September 2009 page 21
Chris Lusby Taylor

The 20th BSS conference, Grange-over-sands

A detailed report on the 20th annual BSS conference. The article summarises the programme of talks, which covered topics such as early Norwegian dials, the prevalence of scratch dials, equant dials, and the Equation of Time. It also describes the conference outing to Holker Hall and Hawkshead, and other social events.
The BSS and Members

September 2009 page 46
Chris Lusby Taylor

The housewife’s trick

Re-evaluates A.P. Herbert's suggestion of turning a horizontal sundial to make it agree with mean time. While previously dismissed as inaccurate, this article presents a theoretical analysis and a practical implementation showing that, for UK latitudes, the 'trick' can keep the dial accurate to within a minute for most of the year.
Dials: Horizontal, Equation of Time, How Sundials Work, Mathematics of Dialling

June 2008 page 77
Chris Lusby Taylor

The 2008 BSS Conference, Latimer

This report summarises the 2008 BSS Annual Conference at Latimer, highlighting various talks including Piers Nicholson on Jantar Mantar, Chris Williams on scratch dial statistics, Fred Sawyer on Michnik's bifilar sundial, Celia James on James Richard's dial, Julian Lush on Armenian scallop dials, and John Davis on John Rowley's work.
Dials: Bifilar, Historical Dials, Sundial Design & Layout, The BSS and Members

March 2007 page 9
Chris Lusby Taylor
Tony Ashmore
Allan A. Mills

Readers’ letters

This section contains correspondence from readers. Chris Lusby Taylor discusses the use of Hooke’s joint for delineating declining and reclining dials, while Allan Mills replies regarding an error in a previous paper. Tony Ashmore suggests an interpretation for the 'Egyptian Face' design on a sundial pillar at Lord Tennyson's home, attributing it to Ptolemy.
Dials: Unusual, How Sundials Work, Mathematics of Dialling

March 2007 page 24
Chris Lusby Taylor

A universal Italian and Babylonian hour accessory

This paper introduces a simple accessory, a three-quarters CD, that can be used with existing horizontal sundials to signify Italian and Babylonian hours. It explains how these hour systems differ from conventional timekeeping and how the accessory allows us to read these hours, using the shadow of the CD.
Dials: Horizontal, How Sundials Work, Dialling Tools, DIY Sundial Projects

June 2007 page 86
Chris Lusby Taylor

BSS Annual Conference—Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

This report summarises the 2007 British Sundial Society Annual Conference in Cambridge. It highlights talks on calendar history, the Equation of Time, analemmatic sundials, astrolabes, and beehive sundialling. It also covers walking tours of Cambridge dials, including Pembroke and Queens' Colleges, and the Andrew Somerville Memorial Lecture on calendar accuracy.
Dials: Astrolabe, Historical Dials, How Sundials Work, The BSS and Members