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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For the REAL truth about the Harrisons rea=
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Lincolnshire Bells & Bellfounders!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>George Dawson</FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:ian@i...">ian johnson</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 25, 2002 2:33=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Harriso=
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again</DIV>
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<DIV>As a new member of this group I obviously have looked back through t=
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archive to see if anything interesting has been written. My eyes fe=
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the messages about the Harrisons. Bearing in mind this is a site fo=
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those interested in bell history, I would like to correct a few misconcep=
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and slurs. First of all the Harrison dynasty did not start and finish wit=
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James 3.<BR>James 1 of Barrow on Humber the bellhanger, brother of John o=
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Chronometer fame, mostly used Lester & Pack bells, However towards th=
e end=20
of his life he cast a number of bells, notably six for Hawkshead and in 1=
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six for Masham, of these the fifth has been replaced at Hawkshead I belie=
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Taylors and the treble at Masham.<BR>He was followed by James 2 who did n=
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follow the business and Henry who probably cast the bells attributed to h=
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father. Henry cast a five at Wath augmented by Shaws in 1901 of these I t=
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two remain the others been recast by Warners.<BR>We then come to James 3 =
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Barton who did a lot to destroy the reputation of the Harrisons. His most=
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notable casting being “The Major” at Newcastle and the “=
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Castleton, he advocated the squat profile to give a deeper note for less=
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metal. He was a talented clockmaker he together with James 4 invented an=
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improved detached escapement and an expanding fly which both received med=
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from “The Society for the promotion of Arts” The improv=
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escapement was the first true gravity escapement. <BR>Lastly the Harrison=
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not cast all their bells to the squat profile advocated by James 3 The be=
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here at Masham are of conventional profile similar to a Lester & Pack=
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do NOT sound “Awfull” remember listen to the bells not people=
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pubs. They are a fine mellow old style ring. So David if you want to be t=
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seriously as a bell historian remember facts are more important than hear=
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and fiction.<BR>Yours Ian Johnson</DIV><BR><TT>This message was sent to y=
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