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The Dunkeld Ell
Posted by jhframe on May 18, 2019 at 6:28 pmmkennedy replied 5 years, 2 months ago 7 Members · 8 Replies -
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Came over to attend the wedding of some friends south of London, then headed north to Glasgow, Inverness, Dunkeld, St. Andrews (later today), and Edinburgh (tomorrow).
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How was the ell used? Perhaps the distance between the points of the v’s at the ends? This could allow a piece of rope to be wrapped on it.
Units, and the index to that unit are fundamental to such things.
Thanks for sharing.
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Perhaps the pointed V was for roasting your haggis over a fire while doing your calc’s.
Or for fending off any pesky English invaders ????
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I saw them live in Austin in 1987 or 1988. I can’t remember if I saw them twice or whether I’m remembering a live album…but the jokes and sallies were exactly the same.
I’m just one of those evil GIS people. Bwah-hah-hah! Seriously, I do coordinate systems and transformations at Esri.
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