December 2017
Page 40

Two Scottish Harbour Dials

Details a heavily weathered cube dial (1710) with a 32-point compass ring at Stonehaven Harbour, and the remains of a 17th-century dial located on Castle Walk, Crail, which was repaired and moved in the 1880s but is now highly deteriorated.
Dials: Cube, Dials: Horizontal, Historical Dials

Alan Mitchell

June 2015
Page 28

A Proposed Heliochronometer

The author details his invention proposal from 1978/79 for a unique heliochronometer, which uses a spherical lens (like a Campbell–Stokes recorder) to focus sunlight onto a grid of Fibre Optic Cables (FOCs) that relay the light to a display. The proposed dial was never built.
DIY Sundial Projects, Dials: Heliochronometer, Sundial Design & Layout

Alan Mitchell