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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John makes a fair point. In assistin=
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the latest version of "Dove" I took some trouble to try and unpick the x-x-=
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weights to distinguish between approximate and exact, but "before I got the=
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quite a lot of them had all been treated in the same way (can't remember no=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3DJ.Adams@u... href=3D"mailto:J.Adams@u...">John Paul =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 12, 2002=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Ten=
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Weights</DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT>MC:<BR><BR>>> I don't know about that=
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someone told me some years ago that the <BR>>> tenor at Helmsley ca=
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out at exactly 15cwt after tuning. Someone at <BR>>> Taylors though=
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that nobody would take this at face value and it <BR>>> would ever =
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be thought to be an estimate. Therefore it is listed <BR>>> a=
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14-3-27. Probably an urban myth, but why let the truth get in the=20
<BR>>> way of a good story!<BR><BR>Something that I have always won=
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about is that shouldn't this occour<BR>once every 28 bells on average? Ho=
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many bells that come out at an exact<BR>quarter of a hundredweight are no=
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listed as approximate!<BR><BR>John<BR><BR>--=20
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Paul Adams, Medical School IT Support=20
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