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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>People may not be aware that the problem o=
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conflated counties was spotted prior to publication of 9th edition. A=
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giving the corrected versions. If you didn't receive yours then you c=
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<A title=3Daaspland@y... href=3D"mailto:aaspland@y...">Andr=
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Aspland</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:3=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] In =
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Of Dove</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Nick Bowden writes:<BR>>>Many people seem to hav=
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forgotten (or<BR>never noticed) that the 8th edition has typing errors on=
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almost every page.<BR><BR>Agreed the 8th edition contained a number of ty=
pos=20
but small details which<BR>could be worked with. Possibly forgotten=
is=20
the conflation (at least we all<BR>learnt a new word) of the counties in =
the=20
9th edition. Fewer errors but of<BR>a greater=20
magnitude!<BR><BR>>>Several of the questions raised are actually=20
answered in the preface to<BR>the<BR>9th edition...<BR><BR>There was so m=
uch=20
lost and so little gained. Answering questions in a<BR>preface is n=
ot=20
the same as addressing the issues raised!<BR><BR>I read through the back =
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the 2nd edition last night and was enlightened by<BR>the information cont=
ained=20
therein - will the same be true for the 9th<BR>edition in 2050?<BR>The 9t=
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edition was a poor publication which has undoubtedly lost sales as a<BR>r=
esult=20
- many of my ringing friends prefer to use the 8th edition and keep<BR>th=
e 9th=20
as a reference for the odd recent change - no one recommends=20
the<BR>9th!<BR>Yes please let us have chimes back - mode of operation wou=
ld be=20
an extra -<BR>something which is an enhancement of the previous=20
editions!<BR>What about anticlockwise rings - where is the heaviest/light=
est=20
most bells<BR>etc?<BR>The 2nd edition had 17 pages of appendices, the 8th=
had=20
27 and the 9th just<BR>14 - that's progress for=20
you.<BR>Andrew<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________=
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