[Bell Historians] Waresley, Huntingdonshire

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Mike Chester" <mike at m...> 
wrote:
> > 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

Scott's American: you've got to make allowances, they only ever use 
pounds!