[Bell Historians] Waresley, Huntingdonshire
Mike Chester
mike at m...
Mon Sep 27 23:33:57 BST 2004
> But the terminal 0 is likely to be precisely correct one time out
of
> 24 (assuming that exact weights are randomly distributed), so
> absolute distrust would be unwarranted.
>
> What's suspicious about a multiple of seven?
Erm - it is actually one time out of 28, and not 24! 0-1-0 = a bell
of 28lbs, 0-2-0 = 56lbs; 0-3-0 = 84lbs and 1-0-0 = 112lbs and their
multiples. Multiples of 7 indicate quarters of a hundredweight.
Mike
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