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A structure without corners has a cornerstone? I believe in these cases it's called a "foundation stone". Can anyone confirm? 12.22.250.4 20:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
This paragraph is a verbatim copy of text from http://www.ce.jhu.edu/baltimorestructures/Shot%20Tower/shot_tower.htm, except for my capitalization of "City":
Even though the information has a source citation, it still should not appear in the exact same form as the original source unless it's presented as a direct quote. That's called plagiarism. 12.22.250.4 20:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The second name of the Shot Tower and that of its owning company appears both as "Merchants' " and as "Merchant's" in the article. The NPS has it both ways on different pages, and an LoC article linked to one of the sources has it as "Merchants' ". Can anyone confirm the correct form? 12.22.250.4 20:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The main title of this article is the "Phoenix Shot Tower." This may cause some confusion, because this landmark is in the city of Baltimore, not Phoenix. Very few Baltimoreans currently know this structure as the "Phoenix" Shot Tower. The subway station at the location is simply called "Shot Tower." The article instead should be titled something like "Baltimore Shot Tower," with mention that it is also known as . . .
I would go ahead and make this change, but I first want to get some feedback. Sebwite 16:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Article moved away from official name to a colloquial reference. -- evrik ( talk) 17:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Came across some additional refs about the others, figured here's the best place to note it for anyone in the future:
A shot tower is not capable of creating large diameter lead shot, let alone shot of sufficiently precise diameter to be used in rifles or pistols. Shot towers were built to manufacture small diameter lead shot for shotguns, to be used for hunting small game and birds. They did not manufacture military ammunition: military usage of small lead shot was trivial, restricted to "foraging" ammunition used to supplement issued rations on the frontier.
Bullets for use in rifles and pistols might be produced at a shot tower site, but the shot tower itself had nothing to do with such production. Bullets were cast in molds, not dropped from a height into water. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.166.3 ( talk) 14:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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From the article:
A structure without corners has a cornerstone? I believe in these cases it's called a "foundation stone". Can anyone confirm? 12.22.250.4 20:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
This paragraph is a verbatim copy of text from http://www.ce.jhu.edu/baltimorestructures/Shot%20Tower/shot_tower.htm, except for my capitalization of "City":
Even though the information has a source citation, it still should not appear in the exact same form as the original source unless it's presented as a direct quote. That's called plagiarism. 12.22.250.4 20:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The second name of the Shot Tower and that of its owning company appears both as "Merchants' " and as "Merchant's" in the article. The NPS has it both ways on different pages, and an LoC article linked to one of the sources has it as "Merchants' ". Can anyone confirm the correct form? 12.22.250.4 20:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The main title of this article is the "Phoenix Shot Tower." This may cause some confusion, because this landmark is in the city of Baltimore, not Phoenix. Very few Baltimoreans currently know this structure as the "Phoenix" Shot Tower. The subway station at the location is simply called "Shot Tower." The article instead should be titled something like "Baltimore Shot Tower," with mention that it is also known as . . .
I would go ahead and make this change, but I first want to get some feedback. Sebwite 16:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Article moved away from official name to a colloquial reference. -- evrik ( talk) 17:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Came across some additional refs about the others, figured here's the best place to note it for anyone in the future:
A shot tower is not capable of creating large diameter lead shot, let alone shot of sufficiently precise diameter to be used in rifles or pistols. Shot towers were built to manufacture small diameter lead shot for shotguns, to be used for hunting small game and birds. They did not manufacture military ammunition: military usage of small lead shot was trivial, restricted to "foraging" ammunition used to supplement issued rations on the frontier.
Bullets for use in rifles and pistols might be produced at a shot tower site, but the shot tower itself had nothing to do with such production. Bullets were cast in molds, not dropped from a height into water. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.166.3 ( talk) 14:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)