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Entry: The humble Thimble - A3262871
Author: Emmily (ACE/Guru) Roses are red, Peas are green, My face is a laugh, But yours is a scream - U190758

Never sure what to put here, maybe someone can you an Entry with suggestions.



Emmily

Nice Entry. Love the cadence of the title. I'll be saying that all day...

Isn't it so that thimbles are one of the artefacts for which an earliest-known example was found in the ruins of Pompeii?

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Emmily

Hey Pinniped is correct! GOTO http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9072129.

Also, if you google 'thimble pompeii' you will find 795 Entries on this!

Ok BigAl I'd started reading some of them, but couldn't make sense of them, read a few more now.

Emmily

Ok, have added about that, complete with link.

Waits for the 'tide-wave' of points, once the weekend is over.

Emmily

Hi Emmily! This is good, although there a lot of minor typos etc. I'll give you a detailed list later (although I may need to be reminded).

You should link to h2g2's entry on Pompeii A371422 rather than to an external site.

I think it would be worth saying a few words in your entry about the purpose of rubber thimbles, rather than just including a link to the rubber thimbles entry.

Something along the lines of "Rubber thimbles are used to increase the finger's grip when handling paper, rather than for protection."

Gnomon I'll deal with those later

I was hoping the spelling was ok in this Entry, I'd spell checked any I wasn't sure of, can anyone who notices typos please not mention them just yet, I'd like to go through and see if I can find them myself, now I know there are some.

I have to go to work now, and won't be back til late this afternoon, I'll have a look through it then.

Emmily

OK, Emmily, I won't mention the typographical problems, except to hint that your use of commas is erratic.

I always thought spongers should be fired - now I've proof.

Great article Emmily!

Shock-horror, there's a full stop missing after "digitabulists".

I think it's excellent.

Woodpigeon

Woodpigeon, I've added the full stop.

Gnomon, if my commas look like I've done them with my eyes closed.

I only found one typo, deleted some commas, hope I haven't made it worse.

Still not dealt with other points, will do before end of day.

Emmily

or thumb.' Is one --> or thumb' is one

use of a what we know as a thimble --> use of what we know as a thimble

a needle, which were not as smooth and sharp as they are today
-->
needles, which were not as smooth and sharp as they are today

are today through tough fabric --> are today, through tough fabric

to have no top with the sides being used --> to have no top, with the sides being used

at Pompeii.They --> at Pompeii. They

a collector's collection --> a collection

collection, are made of bone china --> collection are made of bone china

cake clay arrives --> cake clay, arrives

when at the correct consistency --> and when at the correct consistency

Workers called Spongers --> Workers called spongers

during firing, they are then --> during firing; they are then

bicsuit firing --> biscuit firing

in tempretures --> in temperatures

1200 C --> 1,200°C

the next klin, the glost klin -- should be 'kiln' but is that really 'glost'?

four seperate firings --> four separate firings

guilded --> gilded

Wedgewood. With their most --> Wedgwood, with their most

A Collectors Item --> A Collector's Item

with the name of the seaside --> with the name of the resort

a gift form Mughal Court --> a gift from the Mughal Court

Gnomon

All done, except for two, need to find info on them. (120C and rubber thimble)

>"should be 'kiln' but is that really 'glost'?" Yes, it is glost kiln, just double checked.

Emmily

Done those two as well.

Emmily

Is the lack of a space between 'kiln' and 'for' something to do with the use of italics (I've come across this phenomenon before, this week).

Wondered whether it might be worth saying that collectors are able to store/display their thimbles in specially made wooden racks. (Mrs RBA does this)

Was there a thimble oinvolved in 'Sleeping Beauty' pricking her finger, and is it worth making reference to this?

Look what I just came across...

http://www.silverthimblegifts.com/Gersilver.htm

Here are a few more, and a few you missed first time round:


one dictionaries definition --> one dictionary's definition

of large amount of --> of large amounts of

plaster of paris, these form --> plaster of paris; these form

The next step, is the dipping in glaze --> The next step is the dipping in glaze

the next klin, the glost klin --> the next kiln, the glost kiln

Wedgewood --> Wedgwood

with the name of the seaside --> with the name of the resort

a gift form the Mughal Court --> a gift from the Mughal Court

Oops, disregard the seaside one. You did that, but it slipped in to my list again.

History of the Thimble:

http://www.romanticroad.com/fingerhutmuseum/default.htm

as did the dipping in glaze one.