March 2019
Page 16

Book Reviews (1)

Review of Valery Dmitriev’s "Sundials of Saint Petersburg", the first book on sundials published in Russia in four decades. It serves as a comprehensive guide to historical and modern dials in the city, detailing their history and the author's personal construction experience.
Book Reviews

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December 2019
Page 16

Lunchtime at Newbury 2019

A brief mention of the long lunch break provided at the Newbury One-Day Meeting on 21 September 2019, which allowed attendees time to view the various exhibits inside the hall and outside in the sunshine.
The BSS and Members

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September 2017
Page 24

Readers’ Letters (1)

The letter discusses a horizontal sundial in Picton, New Zealand, manufactured by Troughton & Simms in London in 1871. It was restored in 1989 after the gnomon was vandalised. The dial's current placement is unsatisfactory as it is often obscured by shadows from an oak tree and the adjacent building.
Dials: Horizontal, Historical Dials, Restoration projects

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June 2015
Page 7

24-Hour Sundial in the Shadow of the Moon

This reports on a 24-hour sundial located in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (the northernmost sundial), gaining the distinction of being the most northerly to witness the total solar eclipse on 20 March 2015.
Dials: Equatorial, Dials: Unusual

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March 2014
Page 18

Sundials on Boulders

This piece details two stainless steel and granite sundial projects in Latvia. The Kegums Sundial (56°44' N) is a nodus-based butterfly design, inclined at 40 degrees, which displays winter time and summer savings time. The Marsneni Sundial (57°25' N) is an equatorial dial supported by three stones, using dots for hour notation and incorporating Latvian ethnographic signs.
Construction Projects, Dials: Equatorial, Dials: Unusual, Sundial Design & Layout

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