1900s

Thomas Lindsay Pocket Watch

On 16 Jul, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

I was recently given a pocket watch by my father. He had received it on his 18th birthday from his mother, Thomas Lindsay's granddaughter Lois Caldwell. The pocket watch has the following engraved on the back:

Presented to: Mr. T Lindsay
By the TAS
Jan 1901

—W. Caldwell, great-great grandson of Thomas Lindsay.

Thomas Lindsay 1900 (Back)

On 16 Jul, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

My father at Wadesborough, North Carolina, May 28-1900. To record an eclipse of the Sun. For, The Toronto Astronomical Society.

Thomas Lindsay 1900

On 16 Jul, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

Thomas Lindsay at Wadesborough, NC, USA on 1900 May 28 to record the total solar eclipse for the Toronto Astronomical Society. © W. Caldwell (great-great grandson of Thomas Lindsay). Back of photo.

Decimals and Decimalisation

On 17 Feb, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

Decimals and Decimalisation

A STUDY AND SKETCH
BY
Arthur Harvey
Actuary, F.R.S.C., Etc.
Toronto, Canada

Review #1 is from The Daily Free Press, London, Ontario for Saturday, February 16, 1901.

Review #2 is from The Gazette, Montreal for January 26, 1901.

Observer's Handbook 1907

On 04 Feb, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

The first edition (1907) of the The Canadian Astronomical Handbook (later named the Observer's Handbook). This digital edition contains special introductory text written by former Handbook editor Roy Bishop in 2009.