Re: [ATM] Ellison, The Amateur's Telescope

["Wayne Churchill" <wchurchill2nh@hotmail.com>]

Hi Dominic,
You can find a brief biography of the Rev. Wm. F.A. Ellison and his work at 
Armagh Observatory at http://star.arm.ac.uk/history/moore/Part05.html. He 
took Holy Orders in 1890.
I have a 1934 second edition of "The Amateur's Telescope" in which there's a 
short letter written by Rev. Ellison and sent with the book. The letter has 
an embossed Armagh Obsevatory and "The Heavens declare the Glory of God" 
stamped into the top center. The letter reads:
8th May 1934
Dear Mr. Epley,
I enclose herewith a copy of the second ed. Amateur's Telescope. The price 
is 7/6 say $1.75.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Wm. F.A. Ellison
PS: There's a printer error on p. 30 where the two lines at the top of page 
should come after fig. 15 on same.
End of letter.
He didn't sign it "Reverend" but on the front cover it says: By Rev. WM. F. 
A. Ellison, M.A., B.D., F.R.A.S., F.R. Met. Soc. He's a man of many letters 
and I'm sure dear to many an ATM's heart.
I just thought if would be fun to share this with everyone.
Wayne Churchill



>From: Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>
>To: Richard Ozer <rozer@pacbell.net>
>CC: atm@atmlist.net, Peter Abrahams <telscope@europa.com>
>Subject: Re: [ATM] Ellison, The Amateur's Telescope
>Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:50:43 +0100 (MET)
>
>
>On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Richard Ozer wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Abrahams" <telscope@europa.com>
> > To: <atm@atmlist.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:04 PM
> > Subject: [ATM] Ellison, The Amateur's Telescope
> >
> >
> > > Thanks to a team effort, the book:
> > > William Frederick Archdall Ellison.
> > > The Amateur's Telescope.
> > > Belfast: Carswell, 1932.
> > > 107pp.
>
>It seems the author's name is in fact REVEREND William Frederick Archdall 
>Ellison.
>Note also the picture. It seems it was important to identify himself as a
>reverend. I wonder what references to a higher authority we will find.
>
>Dominic-Luc Webb
>
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