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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DRL sensibly asks: <FONT face=3D"Courier N=
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size=3D3>How many weights did Dove himself reduce in this way from actual t=
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approximate?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Not many - if ever - I suspect. But =
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frequency with which this occurs has, I think, increased in recent years wi=
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more work being done to alter the weights of tenors weighed previously. I g=
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Ron may have known of a handful of examples but not bothered about them, wh=
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now there are more to worry about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We went through a period of trying to esta=
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exact weights instead of approximate. As time progresses the handful =
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cases we're discussing won't be the only ones where we revert to approximat=
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from exact</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3DDrLove@s... href=3D"mailto:DrLove@s...">LOVE, Dickon</A>=
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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> Tuesday, October 01, 2002 3:=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Dov=
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inexactitudes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>"Ah, you wish. Such an audit trail might be=20
desirable, but I very much<BR>doubt if it exists. John does keep a record=
of=20
corrections notified and<BR>made/rejected, but this isn't the same (by an=
y=20
means) as a complete and full<BR>audit trail of past and present=20
weights."<BR><BR>When I said audit trail, I meant a record of corrections=
=20
notified and<BR>made/rejected, not the full monty. So if John is notified=
that=20
Abingdon is<BR>19 cwt rather than 20-x-x, the fact would appear in his au=
dit=20
trail and if<BR>20-x-x is subsequently "discovered", John has a record th=
at=20
this is wrong. <BR><BR>John's starting point at the moment is a list of=20
approximate weights and his<BR>audit trail with historical exact weights =
where=20
advised, which I guess is<BR>probably pretty comprehensive for bells fall=
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in this category? How many<BR>weights did Dove himself reduce in this way=
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