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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following Bill's helpful explanation (on the
subject of RW references) of how he came to use RW issue numbers for citations
in Peals.uk, perhaps I can also add an explanation of how "my" (it's actually a
digest of a lot of other peoples' work) Great bells list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It started as a relatively small job to
creating a sortable list to determine the "ranking" of the great bell of
Bradbourne (Kent) at the time of its installation. The idea was to be able to
blank off / sort out heavier bells that didn't exist at the time in order to
establish the position of that particular bell in the list in 1870 and in 1914
(dates from memory) when it was scrapped. I then started to expand the same list
as a means of identifying the heavier bells (past and present) by individual
founders (e.g. Rudhall bells over 25 cwt). Since then, a lot more information
has been added.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The list was never intended to be definitive as far
as places and bells was concerned and I have kept these brief to fit the space -
so the descriptions in the place column are for basic identification only. The
master list is a Word table (not an Excel spreadsheet). It's better for printing
and has the same functionality in many other respects (e.g. searching and
sorting), but copying the data into a spreadsheet for the Keltek site
significantly reduces the file size. So, while the list is (I hope) a reliable
source as regards founders, dates and weights, the descriptions are in an
informal shorthand style only.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All corrections and additions welcome. Martin
Smith has been especially vigilant in pointing out possible errors and omissions
and I am grateful for his input.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:35
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Great Bells of
Britain</DIV>
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<P>David:<BR><BR>> I see that the 6th quarter bell at York Minster is now
listed <BR>as 'clock bell'. Is there a reason for this?<BR><BR>Yes. I'm guilty
as charged. When I updated the list for this year's <BR>diary (with help from
several members of the list, and especially Chris <BR>Pickford's list of great
bells on the Keltek website) my original <BR>description of this bell was
'Clock bell no. 6' in line with Chris' <BR>list. In editing the text to fit
the space available, this ended up as <BR>you see. I'll make a note to change
it for next year. '6th quarter' has <BR>a certain arithmetical charm about it
in any case!<BR><BR>If there are any more errors, please let us know at the RW
and we'll be <BR>happy to correct them.<BR><BR>Bill H<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>