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SIS Bulletin Issue 78 Scientific Instrument Society Bulletin September No. 78 2003 Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society ISSN 0956-8271 For Table of Contents, see back cover President Gerard Turner Vice-President Howard Dawes Honorary Committee Gloria Clifton, Chairman Ron Bristow,Vice-Chairman Robert Warren, Secretary Simon Cheifetz,Treasurer Willem Hackmann, Editor Peter de Clercq, Meetings Secretary Alexander Crum Ewing Paul Goodman Neil Handley Stephen Johnston Patrick Mill Tom Newth Sylvia Sumira Trevor Waterman Membership and Administrative matters The Executive Officer (Wg Cdr Geoffrey Bennett) 31 High Street Stanford in the Vale Tel: 01367 710223 Faringdon Fax: 01367 718963 Oxon SN7 8LH e-mail: [email protected] See outside back cover for information on membership Editorial Matters Dr.Willem Hackmann Sycamore House The Playing Close Tel: 01608 811110 Charlbury Fax: 01608 811971 Oxon OX7 3QP e-mail: [email protected] Society’s Website www.sis.org.uk Advertising See ‘Summary of Advertising Services’ panel elsewhere in this Bulletin. Further enquiries to the Executive Officer, Design and printing Jane Bigos Graphic Design 95 Newland Mill Tel: 01993 209224 Witney Fax: 0871 433 9007 Oxon OX28 3SZ e-mail: [email protected] Printed by The Flying Press Ltd,Witney The Scientific Instrument Society is Registered Charity No. 326733 © The Scientific Instrument Society 2003 Editorial Anniversaries fascinating instruments described in the We have reached another milestone.It was Bulletins. in the Summer of 1983, exactly twenty Mindful of the first Editor’s words, we are years ago,that our Bulletin saw the light of continually striving to maintain the day.According to the Society’s first press Bulletin’s relevance to the membership,by release in April of that year,‘the Society aims trying out new features of which the latest to contribute to historical knowledge and is our ‘Amateur Page’– absent in this issue as understanding through the collection,con- no contributions have reached the editori- servation and study of scientific artefacts’. al office. So hopefully you agree with the This inspired the late Jon Darius, our first late Jon Darius that your Bulletin is not set Editor, to write: in a cast iron mold. The establishment of a new society always All in all we can be satisfied with our past occasions trepidation enough: Will it attract progress but we cannot sit on our laurels, enough members? (We already number as is made clear in this year’s AGM report over 100.) If so,will they be sleepers or par- (Fig. 1).Today’s financial pressures dictate ticipators? Will the avowed aims be fulfilled, that in order to flourish we must maintain, or will the whole enterprise lumber along or better still,increase our membership.You expanding most of its energy in unproduc- must assist us in this aim by telling us of tive meetings and minutes, minutes and Fig. 1 Our new Vice-Chairman, Ron your needs and interests. meetings? Bristow, reading this year’s Secretary’s Report at the AGM. Photograph by the In this issue the Editor is flying a new kite. He continues: Editor. Under the rubric of ‘Viewpoint’,he is invit- This first issue of the ing members to start discussions on semi- Society’s Bulletin is not nal instrumental issues.Contributors can be intended to set a mold upon as polemical as they wish (but not libelous) which all future’s issues will in attempts to generate discussion.The bulk be slavishly fashioned.Rather of this issue celebrates the instruments of it is a message from the Scotland as experienced by the lucky mem- Steering Committee to the bers who went on this visit.The scene of instrumentally committed this rich legacy is set by Alison Morrison- world at large to declare that Low’s introductory paper:‘Instruments in we mean business, that we Scotland and Scottish Instruments’.A heart- are anxious to set about felt ‘thank you’ is offered to her and fellow achieving the stated aims at organizers for the rich harvest in these once,that we invite all waver- pages (Fig.2).Mike Cowham has produced ing candidates for member- for the Society a pictorial record of the visit ship to join the bandwagon – on a CD-rom. It can be obtained from him and all members in good for £10,including p & p.For details contact standing to suggest best to him on [email protected] redesign it! The Editor may be permitted to whisper another anniversary uniquely relevant to Jon Darius’ inspirational words were Fig. 2 A selection of Charles Wheatstone’s him. He is completing this Bulletin on his echoed by Howard Dawes when as electrical apparatus from the 1840s in the sixtieth birthday. Chairman he wrote the ‘Chairman’s Royal Museum, Edinburgh.Photograph by Address’in the Fiftieth Issue of the Bulletin, Claus Jensen. the Society’s next major milestone in September 1996: Bulletin’s Cover So we are standing the test of time and have achieved much.The Society will continue This large geodetic transit theodolite is to support actively the promotion and mar- chosen for this cover to celebrate the keting of serious publications and books on wonderful instruments seen by the SIS our subject. It is one way that we feel we members during their visit to Scotland,and can best serve our wider membership. is referred to by Alison Morrison-Low in her introductory paper in this issue.It was made Surveying the seventy-seven Bulletins pub- by Troughton & Simms of London and was lished to date, the Society has indeed owned by the amateur astronomer Lord achieved a lot in the context of its limited Lindsay (later 26th Earl of Crawford and resources.We are blessed with an active and Balcarres).In the early 1870s,his private stimulating membership (although we observatory at Dun Echt in Aberdeenshire could do with increasing our numbers) and was fitted out with first class instruments. At we have a solid core of contributors the same time,he was planning a visit to the (although we are always looking for inter- island of Mauritius to coincide with a Transit esting papers and comments).The Society of Venus across the Sun’s disc.This has supported several important books and instrument,with its finely engraved gold also the work of students.The visits in this scale,was used on Mauritius both as a country and abroad arranged by a succes- geodetic transit, sion of Meetings Secretaries have been and as a portable alt-azimuth.Inv.No. much enjoyed and have unearthed many 1986.L2.45,Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society No. 78 (2003) 1 Announcements MINUTES OF THE 20th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Scientific Instrument Society held at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London W1V 0LQ on Wednesday 2nd July 2003 at 4.00 p.m. Dr Gloria Clifton in the Chair. ty of the project,members were recently asked in the Bulletin obtain a place at the previous workshop. It will be led by The Chairman welcomed everyone to the AGM. to indicate the likelihood of their purchasing the product. Ian McIntyre and there will be an opportunity to compare 1. Apologies were received from Howard Dawes, Paul The Executive Officer has proceeded with the compilation of genuine objects with electroform copies. Goodman, Neil Handley,Tom Lamb and Trevor Waterman. the index for Bulletin numbers 50 to 75 which will be pub- (iii) 26th November 2003: the annual lecture this year is to be 2. Adoption of Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on lished on the Society’s web site. given by Michael Wright, Curator of Mechanical 10 July 2002,which had been printed in SIS Bulletin,No.74, Publications Sub-Committee Engineering at the Science Museum,London. He will speak September 2002, was proposed by Maurice Kenn, seconded The publications sub-committee continues to look out for on the Antikythera mechanism. by Allen Mills and agreed. books whose publication can be assisted through an arrange- (iv) 2nd –3rd July 2004: there will be a weekend conference in rd 3. Secretary’s Report ment to market them at a discount to members. No suitable Cambridge, including the AGM on Saturday 3 July. Ron Bristow,the Executive Secretary,read the Annual Report. proposals arose during the past year and the Committee would (v) October 2004: plans are being explored for a visit to be glad to have suggestions from members. Manchester. Committee Risk Assessment (vi) 2005: plans have been outlined for a possible combined The Committee met on 8 occasions during the year reported study tour to Prague and Vienna.This is to be confirmed. on.The Chairman and Committee members were particularly As required by the Charity Commission rules,the risks to which pleased that the Editor was sufficiently recovered from his acci- the Society is exposed were examined in the previous year and (vii) 2006:a study tour to America has been proposed and out- dent to be able to attend meetings again and wish to record reviewed again this year.No further steps were considered nec- line proposals are being explored. their sincere thanks and gratitude to him for continuing to pro- essary. In addition to these plans,Arthur Middleton suggested a possi- duce the Bulletin and to progress other editorial matters Committee Terms of Reference ble future study tour to St. Petersburg and Moscow. No deci- despite being indisposed. Committee Members’ and Officers’ terms of reference were sion was taken on this idea but it was agreed that it would be During the year Alan Stimson resigned from the Committee for prepared last year and only minor revisions were required this considered for the future.
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