Talk:Forbes Log

A fact from Forbes Log appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1909 Forbes Log sent speed measurements remotely to the gunnery calculators used by the Royal Navy?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:56, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1909 Forbes Log sent speed measurements remotely to the gunnery calculators used by the Royal Navy? Source: Brooks, page 158 (and many other pages)

Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Community_Banana_Stand

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 13:59, 17 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Maury Markowitz, review follows: article created 17 September; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing form the two sources accessible online; a couple of comments:

"generally to aid the use of the dumaresq as well as battle reporting" is mentioned in the lead but not in the main text (and so is uncited)
I think a little more interest can be added to the hook if the year is stated, as it'll be earlier than many expect

I don't have anything directly linking him to the log but I think the inventor is probably George Forbes (1849-1936), he was an electrical engineer and professor at at college in Glasgow. He "worked with the Admiralty from 1903-1906, developing a gunsight that was still in use at the beginning of the Second World War" - Dumelow (talk) 07:42, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Fixed. And yes that would seem to be him, one of the sources mentions a him developing a gunnery sight for the Navy, but not being taken up. Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:42, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. For some reason I can't access the pdf to verify the hook, but happy to AGF. The article doesn't mention "gunnery calculators" but I think it is sufficiently implied by stating that the measurements were sent to the fire control station - Dumelow (talk) 06:53, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean about the PDF... it just sat there. But I cut and pasted the link and then it worked fine. Weird, seems like something on their server. Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P6

EngVar[edit]

The article is currently written in American English ("traveled", "license", etc). Should it be changed to British English as the invention itself and the main user are both British? DuncanHill (talk) 02:26, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Forbes.[edit]

William Chalmers Forbes, an Australian, is the eponym of this invention. Unsurprisingly, it was covered in greater detail and more prominently contemporaneously in Australian periodicals, e.g here. Qwirkle (talk) 05:02, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cite failed verification.[edit]

Note that the contention that Initial tests of the Forbes Log in 1912 demonstrated it was not entirely accurate is not supported by p994 of the cite. Qwirkle (talk) 15:40, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]