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Chapter 9: 87-93
2007-01-12T19:13:11Z
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<div>==Page 87==<br />
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'''"Bull's Eye"'''<br><br />
(Pic?)<br />
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'''actually, twain'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 88==<br />
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'''Elytra'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''the English kiss'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 89==<br />
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'''''Data'' of Biography'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''lixiviated'''<br><br />
Purified via lye-bath.<br />
<br />
'''hangs there in Misery'''<br><br />
Cf Buster Keaton's comic persona.<br />
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'''Beetle'''<br><br />
(Pic?)<br />
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==Page 91==<br />
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'''Kommando'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Droster Republick'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 92==<br />
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'''Cape Madeira... violet'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Fescue... Indication'''<br><br />
???<br />
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Chapter 8: 77-86
2007-01-12T19:12:41Z
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<div>==Page 77==<br />
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'''Etesian'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''not whistle'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Torpedick'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bandieten'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Pumplenose'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 78==<br />
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'''monitory'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''the Watch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''his Fell'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''virid'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Voorhuis'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 79==<br />
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'''lock'd his front door'''<br><br />
(Traditional?)<br />
<br />
'''Fumulus'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 80==<br />
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'''''Stoep'''''<br><br />
Entered English as 'stoop' in 1789.<br />
<br />
'''Theater of the Japanese'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Younkers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''delegated the sighing'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 81==<br />
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'''Jesuit part'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 82==<br />
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'''''lengkua'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bilimbi pickles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bobotie'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Frikkadel'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 84==<br />
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'''Satay'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Rakhman'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''even better, as Eve'''<br><br />
(No missing rib? Gets to be disobedient?)<br />
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==Page 85==<br />
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'''B-st-rd'''<br><br />
Who's censoring here?<br />
<br />
'''a Tun short... law'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Fence-Runner'''<br><br />
Not in OED?<br />
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==Page 86==<br />
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'''recreations including running ''Amok'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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Chapter 7: 58-76
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<div>==Page 58==<br />
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'''sepia-shadow'd'''<br><br />
???<br />
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'''Herren XVII'''<br><br />
Modern Dutch spelling "de Heeren XVII," the 17 Lords, board of governors of the V.O.C.<br />
<br />
'''Eighteenth Lord... never be acknowledg'd'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''V.O.C.'''<br><br />
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company.<br />
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==Page 59==<br />
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'''Slaves'''<br><br />
Pynchon appears to have cast around for a politically correct subtheme for the Capetown episodes, and picked slavery for want of anything more Pynchonian.<br />
<br />
'''set against'''<br><br />
Imperialist strategy of divide-and-conquer.<br />
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==Page 60==<br />
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'''Droster'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Vroom'''<br><br />
[http://onelook.com/?w=vroo*&ls=a vroo*]<br />
<br />
'''Jethro's Tent'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Nimrods'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''Fascination'''<br><br />
Pynchon needed a personality-contrast between M and D, and chose (arbitarily?) to make M melancholy but charismatic (cf Byron?) and Dixon the opposite. It's hard to see from TRP's descriptions what women see in M.<br />
<br />
'''Portable Soup... Slabs'''<br><br />
An extremely reduced meat stock (not freeze-dried, just boiled down and then dried) in cakes or slabs. Heat in a pan of water and you have soup. Most users regarded it as a necessity rather than a pleasure.<br />
<br />
'''Emerson... Darlington Market'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 62==<br />
<br />
'''Kezia'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Kerenhappuch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 63==<br />
<br />
'''Rattle-Watch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''English Tea-Pot'''<br><br />
Free associating, Mason to English to English tea to teapot?<br />
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==Page 64==<br />
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'''Vrou'''<br><br />
Dutch: lady, woman, wife.<br />
<br />
'''fatally but not yet mortally'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 65==<br />
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'''''Dagga'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 66==<br />
<br />
'''dorsal 'Scape'''<br><br />
Dorsal landscape = shapely rear end.<br />
<br />
'''five Sprites'''<br><br />
The women?<br />
<br />
'''Asian parlor-game'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 67==<br />
<br />
'''Indifference-Draught'''<br><br />
Traditionally saltpetre.<br />
<br />
==Page 69==<br />
<br />
'''Velleity'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Rix-Dollar'''<br><br />
Reichsdollar, a Dutch coin.<br />
<br />
German ''Reichsthaler,'' Dutch ''Rijksdaalder''; current throughout the European colonies.<br />
<br />
'''Late Blow'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Butter-Bag Castle'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 70==<br />
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'''''karis'''''<br><br />
The word was later adapted into English as ''curries.''<br />
<br />
==Page 71==<br />
<br />
'''Routs and Ridottoes'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 72==<br />
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'''Blight'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''terre mauvais'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 73==<br />
<br />
'''two Punches in a Droll-booth'''<br><br />
(As in Punch-and-Judy slapstick puppets?)<br />
<br />
'''Jesuits... Invisible College'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Nervus Probandi'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Mr. Peach'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Spotted Cubes'''<br><br />
Dice.<br />
<br />
'''Sector Wallah'''<br><br />
"Wallah," in British India, a specialist or tradesman. Sector Wallah, the person in charge of the Sector.<br />
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==Page 74==<br />
<br />
'''Stuffata'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''dating back to Walpole'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Clive'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Maskelyne'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Robert Waddington'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bleak'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Piggotts... A long stare'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 75==<br />
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'''Bodkin'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''History is the Dance of our Hunt for Christ'''<br><br />
Nice.<br />
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Chapter 6: 47-57
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'''Skanderoon'''<br><br />
Iskenderun, Turkish port, eastern Mediterranean.<br />
<br />
'''Loxodrome'''<br><br />
Line of constant compass bearing on the surface of the Earth. A parallel of latitude is a loxodrome, but a great-circle arc is not.<br />
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==Page 48==<br />
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'''Caffeinist'''<br><br />
Anachronism (1830).<br />
<br />
'''new Captain'''<br><br />
(Did the last one die of his wounds then?)<br />
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==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Mustard-Grinder'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''cheaply opiated Pint'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Quantz Etude'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
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==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Enemas of... Coffee'''<br><br />
(Cf AtD)<br />
<br />
'''Slow-Matches'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
'''Turk's Head'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Matthew Walker'''<br><br />
(Knot?)<br />
<br />
'''Jewel Block'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''perfectly beneath us'''<br><br />
Astronomy 101 would have to flunk TRP-- anywhere in the Tropics the sun will be overhead on some days. At the Equator, only on the two equinoxes.<br />
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Chapter 5: 42-46
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<div>==Page 33==<br />
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'''''Rutabageous Anemia'''''<br><br />
Can't squeeze blood from a turnip.<br />
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==Page 36==<br />
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'''Wicks'''<br><br />
(1st appearance within story?)<br />
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'''Unchleigh'''<br><br />
Lunch in pig-latin.<br />
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<div>==Page 14==<br />
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'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 15==<br />
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'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
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==Page 16==<br />
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'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 17==<br />
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'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
Not mistaken, just a choice of spelling; Shakespeare and many others used this form. --[[User:Volver|Volver]] 08:56, 9 January 2007 (PST)<br />
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'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
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==Page 19==<br />
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'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
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'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
Coins. [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pistole+coin pix]<br />
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==Page 20==<br />
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'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 21==<br />
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'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
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==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
Six feet.<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
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==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
"...in which eight pairs were matched, the eight victors being again paired, then four, and finally the last surviving pair" [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cock-fighting EB11-cockfighting]<br />
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==Page 25==<br />
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'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
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==Page 28==<br />
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'''share quarters'''<br><br />
Quite possible Mauve and Hepsie are the same girl.<br />
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Chapter 2: 12-13
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'''Needle'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 13==<br />
<br />
'''twin Telescope, by Mr. Dollond'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dollond+telescope pix]<br />
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'''Clock by Mr. Ellicott'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ellicott+clock pix]<br />
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'''Sector by your Mr. Bird'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=john.bird+sector pix]<br />
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'''His Ways how strange'''<br><br />
???<br />
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<div>==Page 3==<br />
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'''Latitudes and Departures'''<br><br />
Portmanteau of 'latitudes and longitudes' with 'arrivals and departures'.<br />
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==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
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==Page 6==<br />
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'''"Mischianza"'''<br><br />
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Philadelphia,_Philadelphia#History EB11-Philadelphia history]<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
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==Page 7==<br />
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'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
'''Jabot'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jabot pix]<br />
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==Page 8==<br />
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'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal? (relation = narrative or account [http://www.answers.com/relation&r=67 def])<br />
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==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???<br />
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Timeline
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<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
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1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1706: Ben Franklin born<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: George Washington born<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
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no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1743: Thomas Jefferson born<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (pp143, 187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745? Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1750: Ben Franklin proposes kite-flying experiment<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
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1755: (p330)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
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no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)<br />
<br />
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: 06 Oct: Maskelyne's 29th birthday (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762? invention of sandwich<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)<br />
<br />
1764: 08 Jan: observatory (p330)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados (p213)<br />
<br />
1764-1765: (pp333, 339, 341)<br />
<br />
1766: M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)<br />
<br />
1767? M&D diverge? (p315)<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1771: JW LeSpark marries Elizabeth Cherrycoke (p410)<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
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<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745? Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
1755: (p330)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)<br />
<br />
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)<br />
<br />
1764: 08 Jan: observatory (p330)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1764-1765: (pp333, 339, 341)<br />
<br />
1766: M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)<br />
<br />
1767? M&D diverge? (p315)<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1771: JW LeSpark marries Elizabeth Cherrycoke (p410)<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
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<div>==Page 334==<br />
<br />
'''Tangent Line'''<br><br />
[http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/mason_dixon/#fig6 diagram]</div>
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<br />
'''Colonel Byrd'''<br><br />
William, 1674-1744 [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00477341&id=g7u8YIKtb_wC&dq=inauthor:byrd&num=100&q=inauthor:byrd&pgis=1 GoogleBooks] [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=william.byrd+1674+1744 Google]</div>
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<div>==Page 395==<br />
<br />
'''Colonel Byrd'''<br><br />
William [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00477341&id=g7u8YIKtb_wC&dq=inauthor:byrd&num=100&q=inauthor:byrd&pgis=1 GoogleBooks]</div>
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<hr />
<div>==Page 3==<br />
<br />
'''Latitudes and Departures'''<br><br />
Portmanteau of 'latitudes and longitudes' with 'arrivals and departures'.<br />
<br />
==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
<br />
==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''"Mischianza"'''<br><br />
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Philadelphia,_Philadelphia#History EB11-Philadelphia history]<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
<br />
==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
'''Jabot'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jabot pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal? (relation = narrative or account [http://www.answers.com/relation&r=67 def])<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Timeline
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<hr />
<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745? Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
1755: (p330)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)<br />
<br />
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)<br />
<br />
1764: 08 Jan: observatory (p330)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1764-1765: (pp333, 339, 341)<br />
<br />
1766: M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)<br />
<br />
1767? M&D diverge? (p315)<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
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<div>==Page 33==<br />
<br />
'''''Rutabageous Anemia'''''<br><br />
Can't squeeze blood from a turnip.<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''Wicks'''<br><br />
(1st appearance within story?)<br />
<br />
'''Unchleigh'''<br><br />
Lunch in pig-latin.<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Chapter 8: 77-86
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<hr />
<div>==Page 77==<br />
<br />
'''Etesian'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''not whistle'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Torpedick'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bandieten'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Pumplenose'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 78==<br />
<br />
'''monitory'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''the Watch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''his Fell'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''virid'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Voorhuis'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 79==<br />
<br />
'''lock'd his front door'''<br><br />
(Traditional?)<br />
<br />
'''Fumulus'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 80==<br />
<br />
'''''Stoep'''''<br><br />
Entered English as 'stoop' in 1789.<br />
<br />
'''Theater of the Japanese'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Younkers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''delegated the sighing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 81==<br />
<br />
'''Jesuit part'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 82==<br />
<br />
'''''lengkua'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bilimbi pickles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bobotie'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Frikkadel'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 84==<br />
<br />
'''Satay'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Rakhman'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''even better, as Eve'''<br><br />
(No missing rib? Gets to be disobedient?)<br />
<br />
==Page 85==<br />
<br />
'''B-st-rd'''<br><br />
Who's censoring here?<br />
<br />
'''a Tun short... law'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Fence-Runner'''<br><br />
Not in OED?<br />
<br />
==Page 86==<br />
<br />
'''recreations including running ''Amok'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
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<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
Coins. [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pistole+coin pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
Six feet.<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
"...in which eight pairs were matched, the eight victors being again paired, then four, and finally the last surviving pair" [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cock-fighting EB11-cockfighting]<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
==Page 28==<br />
<br />
'''share quarters'''<br><br />
Quite possible Mauve and Hepsie are the same girl.<br />
<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
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<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
Coins. [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pistole+coin pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
Six feet.<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
"...in which eight pairs were matched, the eight victors being again paired, then four, and finally the last surviving pair" [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cock-fighting EB11-cockfighting]<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
2007-01-06T20:22:16Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 23 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
Coins. [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pistole+coin pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
Six feet.<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
2007-01-06T20:15:53Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 19 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
Coins. [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pistole+coin pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
2007-01-06T20:13:03Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 18 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lanthorn&searchmode=none etym]<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
2007-01-06T20:11:34Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 17 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
Satan?<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
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Chapter 3: 14-29
2007-01-06T20:05:15Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 15 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 14==<br />
<br />
'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor. [http://books.google.com//books?q=motrix&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0&num=100 GoogleBooks]<br />
<br />
==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
<br />
==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
<br />
==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 26==<br />
<br />
''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Chapter 2: 12-13
2007-01-06T20:00:55Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 13 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 12==<br />
<br />
'''Needle'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 13==<br />
<br />
'''twin Telescope, by Mr. Dollond'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dollond+telescope pix]<br />
<br />
'''Clock by Mr. Ellicott'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ellicott+clock pix]<br />
<br />
'''Sector by your Mr. Bird'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=john.bird+sector pix]<br />
<br />
'''His Ways how strange'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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Timeline
2007-01-06T19:52:54Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745? Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)<br />
<br />
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1766: M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
Robot
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Chapter 1: 5-11
2007-01-06T19:51:39Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 7 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
<br />
==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''"Mischianza"'''<br><br />
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Philadelphia,_Philadelphia#History EB11-Philadelphia history]<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
<br />
==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
'''Jabot'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jabot pix]<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal? (relation = narrative or account [http://www.answers.com/relation&r=67 def])<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
<br />
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https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_1:_5-11&diff=1729
Chapter 1: 5-11
2007-01-06T19:47:11Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 8 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
<br />
==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''"Mischianza"'''<br><br />
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Philadelphia,_Philadelphia#History EB11-Philadelphia history]<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
<br />
==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal? (relation = narrative or account [http://www.answers.com/relation&r=67 def])<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
<br />
{{MD PbP}}</div>
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Chapter 1: 5-11
2007-01-06T19:42:03Z
<p>Robot: /* Page 6 */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
<br />
==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''"Mischianza"'''<br><br />
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Philadelphia,_Philadelphia#History EB11-Philadelphia history]<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
<br />
==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal?<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
<br />
{{MD PbP}}</div>
Robot
https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=1727
Timeline
2007-01-06T19:34:26Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745? Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)<br />
<br />
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
Robot
https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=1724
Timeline
2007-01-03T16:54:03Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
no-date: Quakers expel Dixon<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: Rebekah dies (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1764: <br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians<br />
<br />
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)<br />
<br />
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
Robot
https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=1723
Timeline
2007-01-02T20:42:52Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div>1693: March: James Bradley born (p194)<br />
<br />
1697? Macclesfield born (p194)<br />
<br />
1728: 01 May: Charles Mason baptised<br />
<br />
1729: Bradley discovers aberration of starlight<br />
<br />
1732: 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born<br />
<br />
1733: 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br />
<br />
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)<br />
<br />
1742: Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer<br />
<br />
1744: Bradley marries Susannah Peach (p187)<br />
<br />
1745: Bradley's daughter born<br />
<br />
1745: 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)<br />
<br />
1752-1764: Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)<br />
<br />
1752: 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)<br />
<br />
1756: Mason becomes Bradley's assistant<br />
<br />
1756: "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br />
<br />
1756: 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)<br />
<br />
1757: Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br />
<br />
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br />
<br />
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br />
<br />
no-date: Quakers expel Dixon<br />
<br />
1758: Halley's Comet reappears (p192)<br />
<br />
1759: March: Halley's perihelion (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br />
<br />
1759: Rebekah dies (p188)<br />
<br />
1759: 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)<br />
<br />
1760: 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)<br />
<br />
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)<br />
<br />
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)<br />
<br />
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)<br />
<br />
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)<br />
<br />
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)<br />
<br />
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)<br />
<br />
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems<br />
<br />
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)<br />
<br />
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)<br />
<br />
no-date: Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England<br />
<br />
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)<br />
<br />
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)<br />
<br />
1763: M&D sign contract (p246)<br />
<br />
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)<br />
<br />
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados<br />
<br />
1768: 11 Sept: M&D leave America<br />
<br />
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest (p246)<br />
<br />
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies<br />
<br />
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)<br />
<br />
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)</div>
Robot
https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_9:_87-93&diff=1707
Chapter 9: 87-93
2006-12-29T17:42:36Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
==Page 87==<br />
<br />
'''"Bull's Eye"'''<br><br />
(Pic?)<br />
<br />
'''actually, twain'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 88==<br />
<br />
'''Elytra'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''the English kiss'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 89==<br />
<br />
'''''Data'' of Biography'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''lixiviated'''<br><br />
Purified via lye-bath.<br />
<br />
'''hangs there in Misery'''<br><br />
Cf Buster Keaton's comic persona.<br />
<br />
'''Beetle'''<br><br />
(Pic?)<br />
<br />
==Page 91==<br />
<br />
'''Kommando'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Droster Republick'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 92==<br />
<br />
'''Cape Madeira... violet'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Fescue... Indication'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
<br />
==Annotations by Page==<br />
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https://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_8:_77-86&diff=1706
Chapter 8: 77-86
2006-12-29T17:38:38Z
<p>Robot: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
==Page 77==<br />
<br />
'''Etesian'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''not whistle'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Torpedick'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bandieten'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Pumplenose'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 78==<br />
<br />
'''monitory'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''the Watch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''his Fell'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''virid'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Voorhuis'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 79==<br />
<br />
'''lock'd his front door'''<br><br />
(Traditional?)<br />
<br />
'''Fumulus'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 80==<br />
<br />
'''''Stoep'''''<br><br />
Entered English as 'stoop' in 1789.<br />
<br />
'''Theater of the Japanese'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Younkers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''delegated the sighing'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 81==<br />
<br />
'''Jesuit part'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 82==<br />
<br />
'''''lengkua'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bilimbi pickles'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Bobotie'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Frikkadel'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 84==<br />
<br />
'''Satay'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Rakhman'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''even better, as Eve'''<br><br />
(No missing rib? Gets to be disobedient?)<br />
<br />
'''Wicks'''<br><br />
(1st appearance within story?)<br />
<br />
==Page 85==<br />
<br />
'''B-st-rd'''<br><br />
Who's censoring here?<br />
<br />
'''a Tun short... law'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Fence-Runner'''<br><br />
Not in OED?<br />
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'''recreations including running ''Amok'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 58==<br />
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'''sepia-shadow'd'''<br><br />
???<br />
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'''Herren XVII'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Eighteenth Lord... never be acknowledg'd'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''V.O.C.'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 59==<br />
<br />
'''Slaves'''<br><br />
Pynchon appears to have cast around for a politically correct subtheme for the Capetown episodes, and picked slavery for want of anything more Pynchonian.<br />
<br />
'''set against'''<br><br />
Imperialist strategy of divide-and-conquer.<br />
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==Page 60==<br />
<br />
'''Droster'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Vroom'''<br><br />
[http://onelook.com/?w=vroo*&ls=a vroo*]<br />
<br />
'''Jethro's Tent'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Nimrods'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
<br />
'''Fascination'''<br><br />
Pynchon needed a personality-contrast between M and D, and chose (arbitarily?) to make M melancholy but charismatic (cf Byron?) and Dixon the opposite. It's hard to see from TRP's descriptions what women see in M.<br />
<br />
'''Portable Soup... Slabs'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Emerson... Darlington Market'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 62==<br />
<br />
'''Kezia'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Kerenhappuch'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 63==<br />
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'''Rattle-Watch'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''English Tea-Pot'''<br><br />
Free associating, Mason to English to English tea to teapot?<br />
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==Page 64==<br />
<br />
'''Vrou'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fatally but not yet mortally'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 65==<br />
<br />
'''''Dagga'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 66==<br />
<br />
'''dorsal 'Scape'''<br><br />
Dorsal landscape = shapely rear end.<br />
<br />
'''five Sprites'''<br><br />
The women?<br />
<br />
'''Asian parlor-game'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 67==<br />
<br />
'''Indifference-Draught'''<br><br />
Traditionally saltpetre.<br />
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==Page 69==<br />
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'''Velleity'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Rix-Dollar'''<br><br />
Reichsdollar, a Dutch coin.<br />
<br />
'''Late Blow'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Butter-Bag Castle'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 70==<br />
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'''''karis'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 71==<br />
<br />
'''Routs and Ridottoes'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 72==<br />
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'''Blight'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''terre mauvais'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 73==<br />
<br />
'''two Punches in a Droll-booth'''<br><br />
(As in Punch-and-Judy slapstick puppets?)<br />
<br />
'''Jesuits... Invisible College'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''''Nervus Probandi'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Mr. Peach'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Spotted Cubes'''<br><br />
Dice.<br />
<br />
'''Sector Wallah'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 74==<br />
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'''Stuffata'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''dating back to Walpole'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Clive'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Maskelyne'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Robert Waddington'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bleak'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Piggotts... A long stare'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 75==<br />
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'''Bodkin'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''History is the Dance of our Hunt for Christ'''<br><br />
Nice.<br />
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'''Skanderoon'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Loxodrome'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Caffeinist'''<br><br />
Anachronism (1830).<br />
<br />
'''new Captain'''<br><br />
(Did the last one die of his wounds then?)<br />
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==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Mustard-Grinder'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''cheaply opiated Pint'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Quantz Etude'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
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==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Enemas of... Coffee'''<br><br />
(Cf AtD)<br />
<br />
'''Slow-Matches'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
'''Turk's Head'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Matthew Walker'''<br><br />
(Knot?)<br />
<br />
'''Jewel Block'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''perfectly beneath us'''<br><br />
Astronomy 101 would have to flunk TRP-- anywhere in the Tropics the sun will be overhead on some days. At the Equator, only on the two equinoxes.<br />
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'''''Rutabageous Anemia'''''<br><br />
Can't squeeze blood from a turnip.<br />
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==Page 36==<br />
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'''Unchleigh'''<br><br />
Lunch in pig-latin.<br />
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'''''Spiritual Day-Book'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''another Term in the Contract'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 15==<br />
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'''Motrix'''<br><br />
Female motor.<br />
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==Page 16==<br />
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'''edging away'''<br><br />
Pynchonian cliche.<br />
<br />
'''the forms of ''You'''''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 17==<br />
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'''the other fellow'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''latest Eclipse'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 18==<br />
<br />
'''mirror'd Lanthorns'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Norfolk Terrier'''<br><br />
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Norfolk%20Terrier&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi pix]<br />
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==Page 19==<br />
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'''''Ministerial'''''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Pistoles'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''upstart Chapels'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''singing'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 21==<br />
<br />
'''Fender-Belly'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Coconut-Ale'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Macaronis'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Lunarians'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hostlers'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Glim-Jacks'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 22==<br />
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'''praeternatural... supernatural'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
''''Macaroni Italian Style''''<br><br />
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Macaroni+Italian+Style 454 hits]<br />
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==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''circle of Absence'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''fathom'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Bahf'''<br><br />
Bath.<br />
<br />
'''Fabulous Jellows'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''a-lop'''<br><br />
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)<br />
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==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''the Point'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Welsh Main'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 25==<br />
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'''Fulhams'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Three-Threads'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Euphroe'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Hepsie'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''smoaks'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 26==<br />
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''''pert'''<br><br />
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).<br />
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'''Needle'''<br><br />
???<br />
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==Page 13==<br />
<br />
'''twin Telescope, by Mr. Dollond'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Clock by Mr. Ellicott'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''Sector by your Mr. Bird'''<br><br />
???<br />
<br />
'''His Ways how strange'''<br><br />
???<br />
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2006-12-28T20:50:21Z
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'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
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==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
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==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal?<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
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<div>==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''[capitalization]'''<br><br />
No discernible pattern?<br />
<br />
Uncapitalised nouns in the first paragraph include: shoes, slaps, afternoon, raer, years, table, side-benches, branch, family.<br />
<br />
Capitalised abstract nouns include: Arcs, Sides, Descent, Dither, Fly.<br />
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==Page 6==<br />
<br />
'''Nerve-Lines'''<br><br />
If this is meant to imply branching dendrites, it's anachronistic.<br />
<br />
'''Distance to a Star'''<br><br />
Not until 1838.<br />
<br />
==Page 7==<br />
<br />
'''Boppo'''<br><br />
Not in OED.<br />
<br />
'''Tenebrae'''<br><br />
Darkness (Latin).<br />
<br />
'''size and difficulty'''<br><br />
Cf "Lot 49"?<br />
<br />
==Page 8==<br />
<br />
'''Secret Relation'''<br><br />
His journal?<br />
<br />
==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''my name had never been my own'''<br><br />
???</div>
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