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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Bryant=20
[mailto:david@b...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 September 2004=20
09:10<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=
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[Bell Historians] Waresley, Huntingdonshire<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><TT>> But I think that only multiples of *both* seven and four=20
"indicate <BR>> quarters of a hundredweight". Perhaps other multiples =
of 7=20
suggest <BR>> measurement to the nearest half stone? Or was such a mea=
sure=20
ever <BR>> actually used?<BR><BR>7lbs is a quarter of a quarter (28 lb=
s).=20
Foundry estimated weights are sometimes given to the nearest 7lb. Obvious=
ly,=20
one weight in a set ending in 0 or a multiple of seven is quite believabl=
e,=20
but if they all do I would be suspicious.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=3D689584210-28092004><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000=
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size=3D2>It would be better if the convention was universally adopte=
d where=20
a weight given as 11-1-0 meant that the bell in question had actuall=
y=20
been weighed and was 11 cwt, 1 quarter, and 0 pounds exactly, and that a=
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weight given as 11=BC cwt denoted an approximate or reputed=20
weight.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=3D689584210-28092004><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000=
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size=3D2>The now scrapped bells of Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, were retune=
d in=20
the 1950s, and were weighed after tuning; the exact weights of all six be=
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ended in "0". See Chris Dalton's "Dorset".</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=3D689584210-28092004><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000=
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size=3D2>Andrew Bull</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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