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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ah, you wish. Such an audit trail mi=
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desirable, but I very much doubt if it exists. John does keep a record of=20
corrections notified and made/rejected, but this isn't the same (by any mea=
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as a complete and full audit trail of past and present weights</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
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:=
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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>CJP: <BR>"All you doubters, just think about the likel=
ihood=20
of YOUR notifying John<BR>Baldwin if YOU found an exact weight for a Dove=
=20
entry where an approximate<BR>weight is shown. Can you be sure - hand on =
heart=20
- that you would always<BR>know whether or not that exact weight had been=
=20
altered for some reason<BR>(removal of canons since rehanging). We =
may=20
be talking NOW about cases<BR>where we do know, but the use of a <mark=
er=20
would help YOU to know the score<BR>where there's any doubt"<BR><BR>I bel=
ieve=20
that there is an audit trail behind each entry in Dove anyway (is<BR>that=
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right?). Therefore it is quite easy to place any former exact weight<BR>i=
nto=20
the audit trail. On the surface therefore we don't have to view<BR>errone=
ous=20
weights and a symbol "<" that could mean a quarter, a half cwt, 1<BR>c=
wt, 1=20
cwt and a half, a couple of cwt, etc. less than the weight shown. <BR><BR=
>In=20
the future, with the increase in the number of "Church Bells=20
of..."<BR>publications (books or web), historical weights will be more=20
accessible and<BR>therefore number of weight queries should diminish,=20
expecially as the<BR>on-line Dove usefully provides direct=20
links.<BR><BR>DrL<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>________________________________=
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