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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brief contribution this time, but Giles mi=
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point. Accuracy of weighing isn't really the key issue. It's simply importa=
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(in my view) to record the "best available" weights of bells as <STRONG>one=
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element</STRONG> in a range of descriptive data.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've aired my views on this before too. Bu=
t I think=20
the essence is that we should be looking for the weights as recorded at=20
different times in the history of a bell, and the weight to go in "Dove" an=
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other reference sources (including area websites) should be the most recent=
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and/or best available "recorded weight".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the case of Woodchurch, a "duff" weight=
seems to=20
have crept into a number of guides through some error. The correction (a=20
discrepancy of 4lbs, as has been noted) isn't earth-shattering or significa=
nt,=20
but we should be making amendments to guides in the interests of accuracy -=
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accuracy of information, that is, and not necessarily accuracy of=20
weight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This may seem like a semantic difference, =
but this=20
way of looking at the data does help in an area where a) weighing does=
n't=20
seem to be reliably accurate, and b) a reasonably practical compromise is=20
needed. Think of figures as "recorded weights" (rather than exact or accura=
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weights) and we have a pragmatic solution</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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