Topic: Can anyone help with a maker/use for this victorian stand

[Paul S.]

I'm amazed at such a low price.............   I'm sure that most of us have paid considerably more .               Which page of the 06 is it on Fred??
Here is the link to our quite recent conversations about this pattern..........       must admit I didn't recognize the design from this piece.....well don Fred.                     http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,54129.msg306922.html#msg306922

[bat20]

"i do hope it's not getting on poeples nerves me posting so much?"

Speaking for myself i've learnt alot from your posts Chris,so it's fine with me

[chopin-liszt]

Normally, we prefer folk to stick to a general loose "rule" of please, no more than 3 new posts/enquiries a day.

It's only really to stop other folks' posts disappearing off the end of the front page and getting lost or missed, and it's not been overly busy, so you haven't caused any problems.

I assume you are going to be around for a good while yet? 
I've been here since 2004...

[agincourt17]

Thank you for posting the link, Paul.

Perhaps I should seek commission for recommendations from Amazon - there were 10 copies of 'Slack' available from £16.89 when I posted my reply, but now there are only 8 from £38.50; the two cheapest copies have obviously been snapped up (possibly by astute GMB members?). See http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Pressed-Glass-Raymond-Slack/dp/0712618716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387631822&sr=8-1&keywords=slack+english+glass

I spent 30 years dealing in specialist out-of-print reference books and I would have thought that any really decent copy for less than £30 was a reasonable bargain - £40 for an ex-lib copy with a worn dustjacket is probably pushing it bit, and anyone asking £65+ for a copy will need crossed fingers on both hands and several wishbones at Christmas to stand a fighting chance of selling it. But who knows? ... value (like beauty) is in the eye of the beholder.

Fred.

[Paul S.]

Possibly me saying...................'amazed at such a low price' ..............          do you think I might also share any Amazon commission.
From memory think I paid about £60 .....            but I did then get Ray to sign my copy.

He told me in coversation some time back that the print run had been 2000 copies.........   I suppose book availability depends on how popular pessed glass is at any given time.............          I don't know whether there is currently a peak in collectors of this stuff

Specialist books are usually expensive to buy, unfortunately.

quote........................"I've been here since 2004"..........           gosh, how time flies.                 and haven't we had some good conversations Sue

[chopin-liszt]

 
I do keep coming back for more, Paul! 

[Antwerp1954]

I have a few quite pieces of Victorian pressed glass, a lot of it rings and vibrates better than crystal, i should create a program to define tones and frequency at which lead content effects the sound and pitch of glass once tapped, but i fear if i could, only a handful of people would be interested and i would not make my fortune. Middle right letter is either an i or a p, i have tried the blue tack but the impression was to faint.

The resonant frequency of a body is a function not just of the material's Young's Modulus but also of its shape. Simple shapes, e.g. Laminas and strings can be modelled and frequencies can be predicted with the use of partial differential equations and numerical analysis. Good luck with any shape more sophisticated. I look forward to seeing your program and the associated maths. What are you like on fourth order partial differential equations in four or five variables?

[chopin-liszt]

I was fine on them back in '74, during 6th year studies Maths, but I've forgotten.
I do like a glass harmonium though.

[Antwerp1954]

If you could solve a partial differntial equation, no matter how simple, in the 6th form then I assume you were/are a genius.

[Paul S.]

go on Sue - tel 'em you were hot stuff at calculus