Richard Mallett suggested
I guess you're usually propping up bars :-)
Thahsh a ssshcandelousss ssuggesshtion Ssshir! Hic. I am never under
the affluence of incohol.
T.
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Reply to : Tony Moss
This automatic 'reply all' system drives me to distraction - and
probably behind bars!
Come out here the boy who said About time too!
I guess you're usually propping up bars :-)
Richard.
E-mail from: Richard Mallett, 23-Sep-2003
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Hi Larry,
This book is now made of unobtainium.
Like it!
I've tried all the used book searches without success. I thought the
British bookstore, Blackwell's, really had one in-stock as their website
said; actually, they lied! They intended to get it from the publisher,
but there are none
Fellow shadow watchers,
Good thought! I hope it works. If all else fails I can get my
inter-library copy again and make an scanned electronic version on CD.
Now that it is unobtainable to buy my conscience is untroubled.
Oh Just Great!.and I thought I was making a private response to a
I've tried all the used book searches without success. I thought the
British bookstore, Blackwell's, really had one in-stock as their website
said; actually, they lied! They intended to get it from the publisher,
but there are none there any longer. Who was it who said Blackwell's is
named, Blackwells claims to have a new copy. I sent them an
on-line order, received an acknowledgment, received confirmation of
charging my credit card and then received a curious email explaining
that shipment would take 30 days, based on average response from the
publisher. I don't
There's an excellend discussion and description of
a measuring instrument made by the Moore Special Tool co. which is accurate to
0.1 second of arc. See the book: "Foundations of
Mechanical Accuracy" by Wayne C. Moore published by the company in Bridgeport
CT. in 1970. See:
Fred Jaggi contributed:
These days this type of measurement is done by laser and the measuring
machines are much simpler. See for example:
http://www.brownandsharpe.com/
A fascinating link, especially for me the history of Brown and Sharpe.
We owe so much to such pioneers of precision.
Thanks
I'm sorry to say that my sundial reflector reply was really intended
only for Tony Moss and the stupid way the sundial reflector works caused
me to erroneously send my comment to everyone.
After some additional time on the 'net, I found that a UK bookstore
named, Blackwells claims to have
The Book is out of print according to Amazon but Praxis still list it at I
think around 45 dollars.
You might also find this interesting:
http://www.surveyhistory.org/the_dividing_engine.htm
This came from a Google search. If you need to divide a circle accurately,
Engineers use a clever
without success.
The book in question is:
Dividing The Circle
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Best wishes,
Larry McDavid W6FUB
Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)
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