The Bulletin
The
Bulletin is the journal of the British Sundial Society. It
comprises scientific and other papers, mainly contributed by
society members and covering their fields of interest. It also
carries reports of the principal society meetings and reviews of
relevant books and papers from other journals. It is published
four times a year in distinctive yellow covers; each number at the
moment contains 48 pages. Members all receive their own copy and
copies are kept in certain specialized libraries.
I will be glad to receive articles or other material related to sundials for consideration for publication in the Bulletin. For advice on preparing material for inclusion in the Bulletin please see Guidelines for Contributors
Dr J Davis - BSS Editor. Contact details are here
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Contents
A complete list of Contents from 1989 to 2008 inclusive can be downloaded here. (MS Word .doc file)
The contents of the last few Bulletins are given here to show the variety of articles that are included in each issue. Some of the articles from the Bulletin are available as PDF files - just click on the links. All articles are copyright of the BSS and their authors.
Volume 19(iii) September 2007
97. Editorial
98. A Review of the Heliochronometers by Pilkington & Gibbs: Pt. 4. The Mechanical Equation Table - Graham Aldred
102. Hour Angle, Velocity and Acceleration of the Shadow Moving over a Sundial - Allan Mills
104. Obituary: Edward Martin - Tony Wood
105. Noon Cannons: A Sundial Conceit - Piers Nicholson (PDF 246 KB)
107. Astrolabes: Pt. 2. European Astrolabes: Tony Ashmore
111. Readers’ Letters - Simon, Wall, Aldred
112. Isle of Wight Sundial Mystery Solved - Elizabeth Hutchings
113. Snippet from a Church Leaflet - Irene Brightmer
114. Strange Longitude - Frank Evans
116. A Rare Dial in the Far North: Sumburgh, Shetlands - Vicki de Kleer
118. How Big—How High? - Mike Cowham
122. Book Review - Martin Jenkins
123. An Armillary Dial - John Davis
123. The Strange Case of Half a Motto - Patrick Powers
124. Drilling Brass Without Tears - Tony Moss
125. Sundial Supporters Revisited - Roger Bowling (PDF 449 KB)
128. Lines of Declination and Two Seventeenth Century Dials - Michael Lowne and John Davis
134. Solar and Lunar Data - Fiona Vincent
135. Photographic Competition
137. Declination Lines Detailed - Tony Belk (PDF 310 KB)
141. The Dial of Ahaz - John Wall
144. Postcard Potpourri 5: Thorpe Salvin Church - Peter Ransom
Volume 19(iv) December 2007
145. Editorial
146. Daniel O’Connell, Teacher and Slate Sundial Maker - Michael J Harley (PDF 800 KB)
151. Newbury Meeting 2007 - John Lester
152. A Strange Creature - Ian R Butson
153. Ben Jones: Letter Carver, Sculptor and Sundial Maker - Douglas Bateman
156. Astrolabes: Pt.3 Arabic Astrolabes - Tony Ashmore
161. New Dials
164. The Method of Equal Altitudes or the Indian Circle - Hugh McCague
172. Clock Ephemera and Sundials - John Davis
173. Readers’ Letters - Maes, Bailey, King, Head, Lester
176. Making Portable Dials in Silver - Jackie Jones
178. Postcard Potpourri 6 - Peter Ransom
179. John Rowell: Plumber and Stained Glass Dial Maker - John Davis (PDF 1592 KB)
184. A Multiple Dial as a Monument to the Fishermen of Cala Figuera, Santanyi (Majorca) - Rafael Soler Gayá
187. A Dial by Richard Melville in Andover, Hampshire - Douglas Bateman
189. Book Review - Mike Cowham
190. A New Sundial Society?
191. Obituary: Margaret Wilson Stanier - Patrick Powers
192. Scratch (Mass) Dials: Time for a Reassessment - Chris H K Williams
Volume 20(i) March 2008
1. Editorial
2. The Clef-Callier and the Equation of Time - Mike Cowham
3. The Sundial at the Pitti Palace in Florence
- Stefano Barbolini, Guido Dresti, Garvofalo Giovanni & Rosario Mossello
10. Down at the Garden Centre: a Recorder’s Afternoon - Tony Wood
11. Historical Overview of the Listing/Recording of English Scratch (Mass) Dials - Chris H K Williams
12. Another Scaphe Dial by Mary Watts - Doug Bateman
13. Readers’ Letters - Stapleton, Moir, White
14. Finding the Sun’s Position in the Zodiac - Mike Cowham
16. The Swear-Box Sundial - John Foad
17. Book Reviews - Aldred, Ashmore
18. The Jamestown Commemorative Sundial - Graham Aldred
22. The 13th NASS Conference—a personal report - Graham Aldred
26. Astrological Symbols on Sundials - Fiona Vincent
28. New Dials
30. The Hole Park Cary Dial - John Foad
31. Astrolabes: Pt 4 Universal Astrolabes - Tony Ashmore
38. Dial Dealings - Mike Cowham
40. Sundials - Tim Hunkin
41. Book Reviews (cont.)
42. Postcard Potpurri 7 - Polam Hall, Darlington - Peter Ransom
42. Then & Now - Mike Shaw
43. Pat Briggs’ Meccano Models - John Davis
46. An Equatorial Mean Time Sundial - W S May
47. Mystery Dial
48. A Grinling Gibbons Dial - Roger Bowling
Volume 20(ii) June 2008
49. Editorial
50. Sundial Faces - Mike Cowham
54. The Solar Pyramid - Robin M Catchpole
60. New Dials - Brightmer, Dmitriev
61. Postcard Potpourri 8 - Petts Wood, Chislehurst - Peter Ransom
62. Readers’ Letters - Maltin, Bowling
63. George Watts’ Dial
64. Charles Darwin’s Sundial - John Davis
67. Sundial Trail Presentation
68. Making Porcelain Sundials - Elena F Vasilevskay & Aleksandr M Boldyrev (PDF 486 KB)
72. Minutes of the 2008 AGM
75. The Geographic Distribution of Surviving English Scratch (Mass) Dials - Chris HK Williams
77. The 2008 BSS Conference, Latimer - Chris Lusby Taylor
82. In Mrs Crowley’s Footsteps - John Lester
83. Book Review - Michael Isaacs
84. A Celtic Quartet - Tony Wood & Finola O’Carroll
88. Lutyens’ Vertical Sundials - John Foad
91. The Dial that Never Was - Dennis Stukenbroeker
92. A Vertical Arachnidean Sundial Indicating Islamic Prayer Times and the Direction of Mecca - Ortwin Feustel
95. There’s a Lovely Sundial in that Garden...! - from The Recorder
95. Photographic Competition 2007 - Patrick Powers
99. A Millennium Dial in Cheshire and an 18th Century Treatise on Dialling - Irene Brightmer
Volume 20(iii) September 2008
101. Editorial
102. An Early Meridian Line in a Former Stately Home, Hampshire - Douglas Bateman (PDF 508 KB)
106. Watts’ Dial
107. The Belmont Sundial - Christopher Daniel
108. Sundial at the Mountbatten School, Romsey - Andrew James
110. English Scratch (Mass) Dials: The Ravages of Time - Chris H K Williams
112. Shadowy Secrets, Part 4: The Art and Artifice of the Gnomon - John Moir
115. Photo Competition 2007
116. Over Three Hundred Years in the Sun: Thoughts of an Old Double Horizontal Dial - Irene Brightmer
117. John Marke’s Double Horizontal Dials - John Davis
118. Readers’ Letters - Brightmer
119. The Dillington Double-Horizontal Dial and John Marke - Frank Coe
121. Liverpool Road Railway Station, Manchester - Roger Bowling
123. An Analysis of the Vertical Equiangular Sundial - Graham Aldred and Celia James
129. New Dials - Jones & Stephenson
130. Astrolabes, Part 5 - Other astrolabe related instruments - Tony Ashmore
136. Some Hertfordshire Sundials - Ian R Butson
141. Readers’ Letters (cont.) - Wood & Wilson
142. BSS Accounts 2007
143. New Dials (cont.) - Douglas Hunt
144. A Happy Ending: The Preston Gubbals Sundial - Andrew James
148. Sundials in Armenia - Julian Lush
151. Readers’ Letters (cont.) - Wilson
152. A Visit to Belgium by Two Innocents Abroad - Jack Bromily and Jim Marginson
Back Issues
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A few issues are now out of print. These out of print issues are however available on a CD-ROM. See Publications for details.