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Post by brisray on May 17, 2005 14:29:26 GMT -5
I think you misunderstood what I said on that page. The catalan numbers don't run down the centre of the triangle but they can easily be derived from it. An even simpler method than what I used (using factors) is to simply take the middle number then subtract the number to the side of it. Sources - mathforum.org/workshops/usi/pascal/pascal.links.html and encyclopedia.lockergnome.com/s/b/Pascal's_triangle You're right though, in that a triangle similar to Pascal's can be contructed to show the catalan numbers directly. Ray
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Post by brisray on Apr 28, 2005 3:20:33 GMT -5
you're absolutely right. 1833 - The Slavery Abolition Act passed by British Parliament on 24th August 1834 - The Slavery Abolition Act becomes law on 1st August The page at brisray.com/bristol/bperspct.htm has now been updated. I sometimes make mistakes like this, so any corrections are always welcome. Ray
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Post by brisray on Sept 25, 2004 20:09:40 GMT -5
I have to admit it was very tempting to delete Robert's post but I felt I can stand this type of criticism and reply to it.
In the five years the site has been running I've received just a handful of of negative comments about it but have only deleted 1 post, and that was only because someone decided to use the guestbook to practice their swearing on.
There are things wrong with the site. The layout could be improved and the menu's are getting difficult to use and even harder to maintain but the content is mine and I write what I'm interested in. As you say - it'd be a very boring world if we all had the same interests.
Ray
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Post by brisray on Sept 22, 2004 19:44:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the post Robert but I think you misunderstood what the point of those pages are. The images are part of my long interest in vision and perception. The debate still continues on whether people see faces in smoke, fire etc. due to an inborn abilty to recognise human faces. See the article at www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010707/bob16.asp which is cited at the top of 4 of the 5 "face" pages. As for Love - I gave up a great job and moved 6,000 miles to another country to marry the woman I love. so you're wrong there too. As for getting a life, although now well into middle age (I'm 45) I still lead an active and interesting life. In fact, it's taken so long to reply to your post as I've been away scuba diving and haven't been near a computer much in the last month. So despite being wrong on all three of your points many thanks for taking the time out of your busy and interesting day to post here. Ray
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Post by brisray on Aug 28, 2004 20:12:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure where you'd start. As good a place as any would be Vigo county Indiana Gen Web at www.rootsweb.com/~invigo/vigo.htmThe site has links to lots of others as well. Ray
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Post by brisray on Aug 6, 2004 18:45:16 GMT -5
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the greeting. My birthday got off to a great start as I woke up with a raging toothache. The dentist gave me some fantastic stuff though, amoxicillin. I used to spend quite a lot of money getting into the state that this stuff does to me!
Good to see you're still active in the Bravenet forums.
Ray
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Post by brisray on May 13, 2004 21:10:43 GMT -5
The following information came via Bill Hartland who writes the HMS Gambia Association site - www.hmsgambia.comIt seems that A for "aircraft carrier" was already taken by Auxilary ships and the C for "carrier" was taken by Cruisers. The theory seems to be that instead of using I (the second letter in "aircraft" the navy decided to use R, the third letter. This seems to have been to stop any confusion between the number 1 and the letter I. Ray
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Post by brisray on May 11, 2004 19:04:47 GMT -5
I don't kow this at all, but i think I may some people who do. As soon as I get a reply i'll post back here.
Ray
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trains?
Sept 25, 2004 20:27:59 GMT -5
Post by brisray on Sept 25, 2004 20:27:59 GMT -5
Just to let you know what's happening. Despite several enquiries the people at Clabber's still haven't got back to me.
I'm having another bout of illness at the moment. This time I've managed to damage my spine (I've dislocated C3 and C8 vertabrae which I don't suggest you do as these control the nerves to the arms which along with the back become very painful) and and it'll be a couple of weeks before I'm fit enough to go anywhere. As soon as I'm able I'll speak to them again and try and find out about this locomotive.
I can't believe that finding something as big as a train is getting so difficult to do. They are hardly something you can just put down somewhere and forget about like car-keys are they?
Ray
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Jul 16, 2004 16:55:01 GMT -5
Post by brisray on Jul 16, 2004 16:55:01 GMT -5
The saga of these locomotives continues ... I've been in contact with Marylee Hagan, the Executive Director of the Vigo County Historical Society - web.indstate.edu/community/vchs/She say's that the Hulman family suppposedly has two locomotives in storage somewhere. She also very kindly put me in contact with a representative of the Hulman family Clabber Girl museum - www.clabbergirl.com/history_museum.htmHopefully, they'll get back to me soon with some details of the locomotives they've in storage. If the Winifred isn't one of these they may be able to say what happened to it. Ray
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May 21, 2004 3:18:08 GMT -5
Post by brisray on May 21, 2004 3:18:08 GMT -5
It's OK, there's no charge. It's only a couple of telephone calls and chatting to some of the people around here.
Still nothing from the Historical Society. I'll go and chat to them if they don't contact me by the weekend.
Ray
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May 19, 2004 20:51:38 GMT -5
Post by brisray on May 19, 2004 20:51:38 GMT -5
lol, no problem at all. Hopefully I'm on the mend now. The real point I was trying to make is that any research I do is done in my spare time and I just can't drop everything else to go running around. I could make a fortune doing this though. Imagine if that engine has been moved to Chicago - about a 4 hour drive away. If I were a professional researcher it'd be cheaper for you to fly across the Atlantic to take your own photos of it rather than have me drive up there and do it! Apparently the museum burned down in 1976. There are local people here who say that it may have been done deliberately for the insurance - but that's just heresay. Whatever the reason, the owner, Tony Hulman, had died shortly before and the museum never reopened. I phoned the local history people here and asked them if they know what happened to the Winifred, but haven't heard anything back yet. I did my own quick search of the web. I couldn't find anything though. There seem to be quite a few train enthusiasts sites that still list the Winifred as being in that museum, even though it's been gone 28 years! My orginal estimate of 15 - 20 years was wrong because the memory of some of the local people round here is a bit confused! I've asked around, but no-one seems to have any idea what happened to anything from that collection, apart from a wagon that is now in Indianapolis, but not on display - see home.rochester.rr.com/andrewsfamily/Genealogy/MarklesMill.htmlHopefully, the engine is still around somewhere. Ray
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May 16, 2004 5:15:18 GMT -5
Post by brisray on May 16, 2004 5:15:18 GMT -5
No, not a boring subject at all. I've been having a lot of health problems since January - Chrohn's Disease, Pneumonia and now TB! See brisray.com/injury.htmIt's pretty hard to answer anything when you've been close to death and semi-unconscious in hospital for a couple of weeks! Also, my graduate finals were this month - see brisray.com/grad.htmAs you can see, i've been a tad busy. Now I've also got some 400+ emails that need researched and answered. If there were 36 hours in the day your query would have been answered months ago. But there isn't, and you'll have to wait your turn. Believe me, I answer every query I get - even if it's to say I haven't a clue. Recently it's been impossible to. Actually, I live about a five minute walk away from where the the "Early Wheels Museum", where the locomotive was stored, was. I say was, because apparently it got burned down about 15 - 20 years ago. If the locomotive is still in the area - and if it wasn't totally destroyed - I'll even get you some photos of it. Just have a little more patience. Please. Ray
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Post by brisray on Jun 26, 2003 1:45:29 GMT -5
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Post by brisray on Jun 26, 2003 1:34:21 GMT -5
It sounds a bit iffy to me. The castle was demolished in 1665 and as there was money involved, it was pretty well gone very quickly. "In 1654, Parliament decided to destroy many of the castles, Bristol's were amongst these, and work began on the demolition on 4th January 1655, it was still in progress in October. The magistrates ordered that each citizen should pay a labourer a day's wages each week until the Castle was gone. It is said that after this order was given the castle was totally demolished in a fortnight. Whatever the truth of this, there is now no trace of the castle left apart from the foundations." The sally port is still there, but they had to clear out a lot of rubbish to open it up again. The old gent could have lived in the area though. Before it was flattened in the blitz the whole area was a hive of shops, houses and industry. Look at the images on brisray.bravepages.com/bristol/blitz1.htm forwhat the area looked like before the war. Ray
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