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"A Classification of the Principal Sea-going Junks of China (south of the Yangtze Kiang)" by G.R.G. Worcester, 1948.

  • 10 Dec 2013 15:15
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    Annie Hill wroteIf you would like me to proofread, I'd be very happy to hunt out any typos for you.  I'd also be more than happy to see if I can read the words you couldn't decipher, if you feel it would help. 


    Annie

    Thank you for the offer - please let me know if you find any errors - many of them will probably be Worcester's/his typist's, but as you say, perhaps we should do him the honour of weeding them out.

    The missing words are generally not the indecipherable ones, but simply where whoever cropped the manuscript to fit the small format cropped too close to the end of some of the typed lines. This, combined with the way the scanner works (rollers just ahead of sensor provide scanning mechanism) means that some of the words at the end of lines are partially or completely missing.

    Where it's obvious from context or from repetition of many phrases, I've filled them in - when I'm not sure I've left them for reference to the original at a later date.
  • 10 Dec 2013 20:26
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    Chris Gallienne wrote:
    Thank you for the offer - please let me know if you find any errors - many of them will probably be Worcester's/his typist's, but as you say, perhaps we should do him the honour of weeding them out.

    Will do.
  • 15 Dec 2013 16:23
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    Annie, thanks for chipping in, great. I downloaded the pdf from Chris's Box area but having now caught up with your accepted offer to 'proof read' I'll sit on my plan to upload the current file to our Library area until I hear from Chris that he's happy for it to 'go to press' or if  should wait for a v2.
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    We are waiting for a V2.
  • 11 Sep 2015 09:49
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    Rather belatedly, and after another visit to Robin to correct the errors, I have now completed my little digital version of this book. It can be found on the library page.

    Typos/omissions are now Worcester's rather than mine. Because of the way this book was prepared, for internal use rather than publication, there are errors and bits and pieces missing in the original. This is probably the best I can do.

    Chris

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  • 11 Sep 2015 11:41
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    Chris

    Your 'little digital version' is a splendid achievement.  Very many thanks for what must have been a huge amount of work.

    I think the Foochow Pole Junk would suit me very nicely, but, alas, with 30ft beam, it wouldn't get through the lifting bridge at Yarmouth...

    Anthony
  • 11 Sep 2015 11:57
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    Thanks Chris.  What an incredible achievement to save this book, and the masses of data it contains, from the brink of oblivion. 
  • 11 Sep 2015 21:55
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    Chris,

    "the best you can do" is very good indeed! This is a very worthwhile thing to have done, too, and a very useful thing.

    I see that Siblim has a kind of Chekiang bow. Knock the 'g' off, and you get 'Cheeky Ann', or in the more familiar form, 'Cheeky Annie'. Should I rename the design, perhaps? :-)
  • 11 Sep 2015 23:41
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    Chris,

    Your work on behalf of the JRA is something I much admire.  I don't know how you manage to find the time for all your varied projects and responsibilities.  If you want something done, the old saying goes, give it to a busy man.  With this digital book you have achieved dazzling heights!  Thank you!
  • 12 Sep 2015 11:27
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    The Junks and Sampans of the Yangstze: a study in Chinese nautical Research.

    Plates, plans and a map.

    Shanghai and London, 1947-1948.

    G.R.G [George Raleigh Gray] Worcester.

    According to its online catalogue, a copy of this title is held in the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. 
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