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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now then boys. Here is a quote:</FON=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"First suppose a lump of metal.....cast&nb=
sp;on the=20
top (of the bell).....with a round hole through it for the=20
clapper-bolt.......From this lump <STRONG>there project 4, not 6,=20
<EM>canons, </EM>much thicker than usual</STRONG>.......These four sho=
rt=20
and thick canons are moreover much stronger and less liable to crack than t=
he=20
usual six thinner and longer ones". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The writer was Edmund Beckett Denison, M.A=
., Q.C.=20
(later the first Lord Grimthorpe). From <EM>A Rudimentary Treatise on Clock=
s,=20
Watches and Bells, </EM>4th Ed., London 1860. He even put the word=20
<EM>canons </EM>in italics the first time round.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So there!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:fartwell2000@y..." title=3Dfartwell2000@y...>=
Alan=20
J.Birney</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:1=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] bel=
l from=20
Lanark for sale on Ebay</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>--- In <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>,=20
"David Bryant" <<A href=3D"mailto:david@b...">david@b...</A>>=20
<BR>wrote:<BR>> > Don't think JT ever cast any bells with=20
Doncaster<BR>> > canons!<BR>> <BR>> Let's set this one straig=
ht -=20
there are no such things <BR>as 'Doncaster<BR>> canons'. A Doncaster H=
ead=20
is a specific type of canon substitute <BR>invented by<BR>> Lord Grimt=
horpe=20
and first used at Doncaster, hence the name. A <BR>Doncaster<BR>> head=
has=20
four short, thick arms spaced at 90 degrees to one <BR>another.<BR>>=20
Taylor's, Warner's, and possibly others frequently used angular=20
<BR>canons,<BR>> which I have sometimes seen erroneously desctibed as=
=20
'Doncaster <BR>canons'.<BR>> They're not!<BR>>=20
<BR>> <BR> I too have=
=20
described "Doncaster heads" as Doncaster canons-and <BR>a look at several=
bell=20
related sites also reveal that other people <BR>interested in bell histor=
y,=20
etc have also done the same.<BR>If you were to use the term "Doncaster ca=
nons"=20
when talking to a <BR>ringer round here, they would relate to the fact a=
=20
bell(or bells)had <BR>canons/cannon derivatives of a certain type, but if=
you=20
said a bell <BR>had a Doncaster head, they would probably not be aware of=
=20
which part <BR>of a bell you were talking about.<BR>I would suggest that =
the=20
term "Doncaster canons" is just as <BR>popular,if not more so than "Donca=
ster=20
heads".<BR>At the end of the day, is it such a big deal that people dont =
use=20
<BR>the term "Doncaster head"?<BR>Alan<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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