That is interesting and the typical way the OED folks do things.
For those interested in the OED itself, I suggest you consider the book, "The Professor and the Madman," telling about one main contributor to the OED.
If you don't find an OED in your own home (!), check your local library and be amazed. Alas, some libraries acquire only the three-volume set.
Larry McDavid NASS Registrar On 4/4/2014 4:42 AM, Woody Sullivan wrote:
Gnomonic friends & colleagues: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is _the_ authority on the English language worldwide. They have just issued a request for comments on the first recorded usage of the word "dialler", involving a 17th-century citation in Alice Morse Earle’s 1902 book /Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday ./ If you'd like to learn more, see http://public.oed.com/appeals/mathematick-rules/ for full details. - Woody Sullivan
... -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
