TALK:ALEXANDER MACMILLAN (ENGINEER)

A fact from Alexander Macmillan (engineer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2019 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alex Macmillan did not know his 1954 mathematical correction had become a widely used formula known as the "Macmillan Correction" until he read about it while surfing the web in 2004?

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What a piece of good news!

Good for him!. Maurice Fox ( talk) 02:53, 23 January 2019 (UTC) reply

What a piece of good news!

What a piece of good news!

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