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How was the Carnegie Medal covered in The New York Times? Here are some notes on search hits for "carnegie medal" library association in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers edition from 1936 (no hits) and 1937.
-- P64 ( talk) 18:53, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
1. "a lost gold seam in the fells" — That is my link, instead of " gold seam". It's a guess. Is this "seam" (Ransome's term or ours?) a vein (geology) and/or a lode?
2. "they have found copper ore, pyrites. clarification needed" — That is my {tag} on old links. Does the sentence mean "copper ore and pyrite"? or that "pyrite(s)" is another name for copper ore? Our pyrites is a source for "copperas" but contains no copper.
-- P64 ( talk) 01:32, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
The introduction says "This book is one of the few Swallows and Amazons books that does not feature sailing." I think it is the only one that does not feature sailing. The possible other one would presumably be Winter Holiday if we don't consider sailing an ice yacht to be "sailing". I am minded to change this statement. But I notice that this article was featured in the "did you know..." in 2006, precisely because the quote did then say the "only" one. So someone has changed it from "only" to "one of the few", and I am raising the issue here before changing anything in case there is a controversy.... Johnstoo ( talk) 09:42, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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How was the Carnegie Medal covered in The New York Times? Here are some notes on search hits for "carnegie medal" library association in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers edition from 1936 (no hits) and 1937.
-- P64 ( talk) 18:53, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
1. "a lost gold seam in the fells" — That is my link, instead of " gold seam". It's a guess. Is this "seam" (Ransome's term or ours?) a vein (geology) and/or a lode?
2. "they have found copper ore, pyrites. clarification needed" — That is my {tag} on old links. Does the sentence mean "copper ore and pyrite"? or that "pyrite(s)" is another name for copper ore? Our pyrites is a source for "copperas" but contains no copper.
-- P64 ( talk) 01:32, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
The introduction says "This book is one of the few Swallows and Amazons books that does not feature sailing." I think it is the only one that does not feature sailing. The possible other one would presumably be Winter Holiday if we don't consider sailing an ice yacht to be "sailing". I am minded to change this statement. But I notice that this article was featured in the "did you know..." in 2006, precisely because the quote did then say the "only" one. So someone has changed it from "only" to "one of the few", and I am raising the issue here before changing anything in case there is a controversy.... Johnstoo ( talk) 09:42, 6 November 2020 (UTC)