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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Ted asked about the cause of weight
disrepancies. It's a bit of an "awkward topic", and I hope we can avoid going
down the route of making accusations against firms or individuals if this thread
continues. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Similarly, the idea (often banded about -
though mostly without hard evidence as far as I can tell) that bell weights
sometimes included clappers and headstocks can largely be discounted. Yes, I do
know of a few examples - but these were often freight weights (i.e. relating to
the cost of carriage) rather than the nett bell weights invoiced by the
founders</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">In some cases canon removal or retuning
may account for the differences, but in most cases it is just down to the
accuracy of weighing. Sometimes the difference can be surprisingly large.
If nett scrapping weights are given (as with the two Leeds bells) then a
deduction will have been made for staple and dirt - the staple, of course, would
have been included in the weight originally recorded when the bell was new. This
will account for part of the difference - but not as much as the figures we've
been looking at</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Halifax 9th, Richard, was
12-0-21</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>