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Originally Posted by rob love
Further to my last, note the excerpt mentions an increase of weight of 17cwt (roughly 1904 pounds in today's measurement). Sloping the back of a box would reduce weight, not increase it. Changing a wooden box to steel , however, could well increase the weight. Thus , (  ) this supports my reading of the sentence as to mean it was referring to the conversion of the previous wood design over to an all-metal design. |
Rob, I think you've just added forensic linguist to you resume.
30-09-18, 16:46
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