Posted by Jock on October 31, 2007 at 23:15:39 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Bedford Canal Experiments (was Longitude; Time Ball; Signal Stations) posted by Peter H on October 30, 2007 at 12:52:30:
I had a bet with a friend that you would follow up with links!
What a foolish friend to bet against you! I realised, of course, that you might have an ulterior motive for laying the bait. However, I feel that, your motives notwithstanding, the subject - one of the conundrums that might have appealed to the scientist in Ransome - is worthy of discussion in the Science Labs of St TarBoard's.