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Michael Gilligan	23/11/2020 10:23:34
17075 forum posts 762 photos	Whilst down a ‘Rabbit Hole’ yesterday, I found this: LINK http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/metabook?id=edinburghency Fellow seekers-of-knowledge are invited to explore I suggest first downloading the two [not quite complete] volumes of Plates, and skimming through these to find something which intrigues you ... Then find the relevant text volume. MichaelG.
ega	23/11/2020 11:42:32
1945 forum posts 160 photos	MichaelG: I didn't drink anything before going down the rabbit hole and couldn't see the Plates vols; the text vols were intriguing indeed.
SillyOldDuffer	23/11/2020 14:56:03
Moderator 6713 forum posts 1510 photos	Plates linked bottom right of the Philadelphia Edition. Obvious next project: 'The Bramah Banknote Press'. I shall soon be rich...
Michael Gilligan	23/11/2020 16:28:28
17075 forum posts 762 photos	Sorry, I was out for a walk ... So thanks, Dave Let’s change story-lines: ‘ere be Treasure . . . . MichaelG.
Michael Gilligan	23/11/2020 22:55:25
17075 forum posts 762 photos	Plate CCCCLVIII looks rather interesting ... so I’m off to read Pendulum MichaelG.
ega	23/11/2020 23:25:10
1945 forum posts 160 photos	Thank you both; I should have remembered W C Fields' dictum. The plates are magnificent.
Michael Gilligan	24/11/2020 22:20:51
17075 forum posts 762 photos	Posted by Michael Gilligan on 23/11/2020 22:55:25: Plate CCCCLVIII looks rather interesting ... so I’m off to read Pendulum MichaelG. . Curiosity aroused ... Borda used a pendulum bob made of Platina LINK https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/platina Can anyone please suggest why ? ... It’s not an alloy ~~I have heard-of before~~ of which I have previously heard. MichaelG. Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/11/2020 22:33:33

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