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Date: 08 Oct 2007 16:32:22
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Subject: Wikipedia says tensiometers are all wet!
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I was looking for older tension gauges and found that someone needs to
do something about Wikipedia or else stop confusing them with
extensometers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensiometer
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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Date: 08 Oct 2007 22:53:44
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Subject: Re: Wikipedia says tensiometers are all wet!
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Carl Fogel writes:
> I was looking for older tension gauges and found that someone needs
> to do something about Wikipedia or else stop confusing them with
> extensometers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensiometer
You can find the word in Webster's Dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tensiometer
and then rewrite the Wikipedia item yourself to reflect its most
common use as shown in the above dictionary, with comments to the
original author. There are various definitions for such words, but I
notice you eschew "tensiometer". Why?
Jobst Brandt
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Date: 08 Oct 2007 16:08:34
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Wikipedia says tensiometers are all wet!
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jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> Carl Fogel writes:
>
>> I was looking for older tension gauges and found that someone needs
>> to do something about Wikipedia or else stop confusing them with
>> extensometers:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensiometer
>
> You can find the word in Webster's Dictionary:
>
> http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tensiometer
>
> and then rewrite the Wikipedia item yourself to reflect its most
> common use as shown in the above dictionary, with comments to the
> original author. There are various definitions for such words, but I
> notice you eschew "tensiometer". Why?
Same reason he misspells misspell. :-P
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Date: 08 Oct 2007 17:05:18
From:
Subject: Re: Wikipedia says tensiometers are all wet!
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On 08 Oct 2007 22:53:44 GMT, jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
>Carl Fogel writes:
>
>> I was looking for older tension gauges and found that someone needs
>> to do something about Wikipedia or else stop confusing them with
>> extensometers:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensiometer
>
>You can find the word in Webster's Dictionary:
>
> http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tensiometer
>
>and then rewrite the Wikipedia item yourself to reflect its most
>common use as shown in the above dictionary, with comments to the
>original author. There are various definitions for such words, but I
>notice you eschew "tensiometer". Why?
>
>Jobst Brandt
Dear Jobst,
Er, because it's a tension gauge? Sounds less pretentious? Isn't
confused with soil dampness gauges? Tweaks people who quibble
pompously about "eschewing" or "tension meter"?
And, funny thing, because it turns out that more than two-thirds of
the google hits are for water and liquid testing:
+tensiometer, 334,000 results
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=tensiometer&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images
+tensiometer -water, 125,000 hits:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=tensiometer+-water
+tensiometer -hydro* -water* -liquid* -foam* -bubbl* -"surface
tension" -blood -soil*, 92,600 hits:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%2Btensiometer+-hydro*+-water*+-liquid*+-foam*+-bubbl*+-%22surface+tension%22+-blood+-soil*
I'm not going to argue with the wave (sorry, can't resist it) of the
future.
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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