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From: Rowland McDonnell on 18 Mar 2010 06:41 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Then again, having met old looms in operation, they're a lot noiser than > > the spinning machines. A *LOT* noisier... > > Which is why I mentioned that it was a weaving mill, with flying > shuttles. Which is why I suggested a trip to Quarry Bank Mill, so one can experience the reality in person. Yep, flying shuttle looms of the old fashioned sort, but they only had (IIRC) four hooked up to the water-wheel powered belt drive when I was there last. .... as well as spinning being demonstrated on a *spinning Jenny*, a horribly tricky procedure. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Adrian Tuddenham on 18 Mar 2010 06:57 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: [...] > Okay, let's talk about it from that point of view. > > BBC Alba - the Scots Gaelic language channel that hardly anyone wants at > all - costs 29.4p per hour. Just listen to BBC Radio 4 and note the percentage of air time when you hear a Scots accent - not just the presenters but their interviewees. I have nothing against the Scottish accents, in fact I rather like them, but not time after time after time in every programme. -- ~ Adrian Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
From: Graeme on 18 Mar 2010 06:56 In message <180320101024012078%nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > In article <1jfjluf.ir2ppo1xgdy4dN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter > Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > The original metric system had an independent area unit, > > > the are, equal to 100 m^2 > > > > I presume that's 100 square metres? 100 metres square (10,000 square > > metres) is a hectare. amd I see that used all the time. Otherwise, in > > housing land area and factory spaces, I see square metres used pretty > > much for all purposes. I know about the are, but have never seen it > > used. > > A single plot, 10m*10m is called an 'is' > Are ares used to measure the size of holes? I'll get my coat... -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Graeme on 18 Mar 2010 06:57 In message <1jfji19.l3qhn9zs0m1dN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > Like joint projects tween Uk and US and one group working in Imperial > > > ... ;-( > > > > The most notorious example of that (crash into Mars, anyone?) was between > > two groups within NASA. The Brits are pretty good at using proper > > measurements now. > > `Proper'? Now then, now then, the Imperial system is `proper'. > > After all, the inch is *exactly* as precisely defined as the metre. > > British industry switched to metric pretty damned rapidly as I recall. > Certainly come the mid-1980s (when I started to meet professional engineers > as an almost-grown-up myself), I noticed that all of them worked in metric > in firms that worked in metric as much as possible. > > The only hang-over stuff *in professional engineering* from Imperial units > that I met in those days were old pressure gauges - in PSI. > > There was as far as I could tell no hesitation in changing over - Took them a hundred years or so to get that far! -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Graeme on 18 Mar 2010 07:06
In message <1jfjq6r.1r6ch99ctok5uN%adrian(a)poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> adrian(a)poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > [...] > > Okay, let's talk about it from that point of view. > > > > BBC Alba - the Scots Gaelic language channel that hardly anyone wants at > > all - costs 29.4p per hour. AIUI BBC Alba is paid for by the Scottish Government, not by the licence payer. > > Just listen to BBC Radio 4 and note the percentage of air time when you > hear a Scots accent - not just the presenters but their interviewees. > > I have nothing against the Scottish accents, in fact I rather like them, > but not time after time after time in every programme. > Could be worse, they could all be fron Newcastle. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/> |