[Complete] Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8 - lt

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xiphos wrote: October 6th, 2020, 8:45 am
DivMS wrote: October 4th, 2020, 12:28 am
xiphos wrote: September 20th, 2020, 3:18 pm Hi!

Here's chapter 52, recording length 14:35
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_52_walker_128kb.mp3

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Extremely sorry for the delay in PL.

Chapter 52: Dr. Thomas Young
0:17 Missing intro
“Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8 by William Walker Jr. Chapter 52, Thomas Young, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Society, &c. Member of the institute of France. Born June 13, 1773. Died May 10, 1829.”

Please make the changes and re-upload.
Thanks for recording! :D
Sorry about that, i've added the section and reuploaded. New length is 14:57
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_52_walker_128kb.mp3

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fshort wrote: October 6th, 2020, 9:51 am Chapter 24 Howard

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_24_walker_128kb.mp3
duration: 02:58
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to DivMS

Re: pronunciation. Not withstanding the sensible guidelines about differing pronunciations, it's horrible and embarrassing to get names of people and places incorrect. With apologies to the Brits, some of the English names are not intuitive to the American. I'd welcome correction if need be e.g.
Hotham
Limehouse
Huddart

Now I'm more concerned with an inability to add the word "degrees" at 5:51 in Chapter 25. I've tried all kinds of things and thrown recordings in the trash but I keep getting the notice that it won't allow me to save changes because there already is a file by that name. To confuse the issue I had some typos in some of the file names I've initially used.

Sorry for the trouble.
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https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_25_walker_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:58

maybe it worked to make an addition.
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fshort wrote: October 6th, 2020, 5:16 pm to DivMS

Re: pronunciation. Not withstanding the sensible guidelines about differing pronunciations, it's horrible and embarrassing to get names of people and places incorrect. With apologies to the Brits, some of the English names are not intuitive to the American. I'd welcome correction if need be e.g.
Hotham
Limehouse
Huddart

Now I'm more concerned with an inability to add the word "degrees" at 5:51 in Chapter 25. I've tried all kinds of things and thrown recordings in the trash but I keep getting the notice that it won't allow me to save changes because there already is a file by that name. To confuse the issue I had some typos in some of the file names I've initially used.

Sorry for the trouble.
As a Brit, I would say:
Hot-hm
Lime House (I know that one for a fact 8-) )
Hud (e)rt
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Availle wrote: October 7th, 2020, 3:40 am Here is Samuel Crompton. Poor guy! :shock:
18:41

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overcaffeinated wrote: October 13th, 2020, 7:15 pm Section 5 ready for PL :)

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14:57
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It looks like section 49 is the orphan - RICHARD WATSON - and I'm happy to do it. I will read it by the weekend and submit for review. As I'm fairly new I'm happy to do it over if upon review it's not up to standard.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/56648/56648-h/56648-h.htm
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domarisdione wrote: October 22nd, 2020, 11:32 am It looks like section 49 is the orphan - RICHARD WATSON - and I'm happy to do it. I will read it by the weekend and submit for review. As I'm fairly new I'm happy to do it over if upon review it's not up to standard.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/56648/56648-h/56648-h.htm
Thank you for claiming. Just follow any advice you were given when you did your test, and it is unlikely your file will be unsalvageable :mrgreen:
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fshort wrote: October 6th, 2020, 9:51 am Chapter 24 Howard

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_24_walker_128kb.mp3
duration: 02:58
fshort wrote: October 6th, 2020, 5:31 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_25_walker_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:58

maybe it worked to make an addition.
Chapter 24: Edward Charles Howard
0:34 Missing intro “Howard … Fellow of the Royal Society. Born May 28, 1774. Died September 28, 1816.”

Chapter 25: Captain Joseph Huddart
0:34 Missing intro “Howard … Fellow of the Royal Society. Born Jan. 11, 1740. Died August 19, 1816.”
Lynnet wrote: October 6th, 2020, 9:01 pm As a Brit, I would say:
Hot-hm
Lime House (I know that one for a fact 8-) )
Hud (e)rt
The "degrees" is clearly audible. I did not find any incorrect pronunciation. Sounds in accordance with Lynne's guidance. Apart from the missing intro, all else is PL OK.
Thanks for these wonderful recordings! :D
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Owlivia wrote: October 4th, 2020, 12:26 pm
DivMS wrote: October 4th, 2020, 12:24 am
Owlivia wrote: September 24th, 2020, 10:43 pm Mr. Smith's biography ~ chapter 41

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_41_walker_128kb.mp3

13:58.01
Chapter 41: William Smith
I can hear some noise in the beginning, clearly audible in the initial silence. (simple noise removal may help)
Everything else sounds great!
Tidied up a bit with noise reduction, particularly in first section:
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_41_walker_128kb.mp3

13:58.01
Chapter 41: William Smith PL OK :thumbs:
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xiphos wrote: October 6th, 2020, 8:45 am Sorry about that, i've added the section and reuploaded. New length is 14:57
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/menofscience_52_walker_128kb.mp3

Xiphos
Chapter 52: Dr. Thomas Young PL OK :thumbs:
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