tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post3697761051146601074..comments2024-03-14T14:46:53.095+00:00Comments on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog: FOND MEMORIES OF BRIGG GRAMMAR MATHS MASTERSNIGEL FISHERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00105982962344084267noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-54263263453214874672012-12-27T07:26:56.516+00:002012-12-27T07:26:56.516+00:00It was cape and mortar board in the Dandy and Bean...It was cape and mortar board in the Dandy and Beano Ken , however, since their recent demise my weekly read has had to change so I will glean my info from that other kids comic The Financial Times .<br /> How Scoop never mentioned Adeste Fidelus and Fortitudine I will nevr know. gmsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277740102153380904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-70658419113765513402012-12-22T09:28:14.198+00:002012-12-22T09:28:14.198+00:00Motarboard - academic cap - thought to related to ...Motarboard - academic cap - thought to related to the biretta (RC clergy headdress).....accepting that early studies at uni's orientated around the Classics - Greek, Latin and Divinity.....and students had to attend daily religious worship.<br />Later, faculties, such as Law, Maths and Medicine were introduced<br />(John Nelthorpe studied Law at Cambridge)<br />For info - actual exmainations were not introduced until the C19th. Before then, undergraduates just had to attend seminars/private tutorials.<br /><br />To gain a place at Oxbridge, for example, applicants still needed Latin until the 1960's Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-57911228525551968182012-12-22T09:01:26.636+00:002012-12-22T09:01:26.636+00:00PS @gmsmith - it's a GOWN not a cape...it'...PS @gmsmith - it's a GOWN not a cape...it's not Batman!!Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-77132565510057150542012-12-22T08:56:26.517+00:002012-12-22T08:56:26.517+00:00With DIY, gmsmith, one is often using basic trig a...With DIY, gmsmith, one is often using basic trig absent-mindedly....For example, the 3:4:5 ratio for making a rt-angled triangle.......and checking the diagonals (ensuring that they are equal) to make sure a framework (everything from a door-frame to a sport's pitch) is square.Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-64758845253381842782012-12-21T21:52:18.915+00:002012-12-21T21:52:18.915+00:00Yep - Tan = Opp (Right angled tri)
Adj...Yep - Tan = Opp (Right angled tri)<br /> Adj<br /><br />So height (opp) = Tan (angle)x baseline + ht of eye (observation point)<br /><br />But it's dead simps if the Tan angle is 45 degrees (Tan = 1) as the ht is = to the baseline length + ht of eye above ground.Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-71421323766889996552012-12-21T13:44:35.460+00:002012-12-21T13:44:35.460+00:00Oh the days of logarithms and slide rules . Troubl...Oh the days of logarithms and slide rules . Trouble was you never had your book of log tables to hand when wishing to calculate distances for a spot of DIY . <br /><br />Do schools still have the brown shoes for indoors , black for outdoors uniform policy ? <br /><br />Children today must have no idea where the cape and mortar board hat originated but Harold and a few others always wore them in the days of Brigg Grammar Scool. gmsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277740102153380904noreply@blogger.com