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Picture is centred but Caption is left justified if caption [including (collection Calculant)] is longer than 77 characters.. Note that dropping next line down below the line break slashes seems to overcome the problem.

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The following picture is left-aligned despite supposing to be centred.

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Ropp200.jpg
1892: Ropp’s Commercial Calculator
(collection Calculant)





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Wikipublisher (w) aims to honour the author’s stylistic intentions, but is constrained by what the typesetting engine can do and the intrinsic differences between print and Web. A style that is appropriate for a Web page may not be appropriate for print. The engine detects all applied styles and converts those it understands to their print equivalents, ignoring those it doesn’t understand. The following table summarise the status of style support in wikipublisher- 2.0.beta9 (final beta).2

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Wikipublisher (w) aims to honour the author’s stylistic intentions, but is constrained by what the typesetting engine can do and the intrinsic differences between print and Web. A style that is appropriate for a Web page may not be appropriate for print. The engine detects all applied styles and converts those it understands to their print equivalents, ignoring those it doesn’t understand. The following table summarise the status of style support in wikipublisher- 2.0.beta9 (final beta).
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Following works well with titles centred. (:if equal {Site.PrintBook$:PSW} "True":)See below.(:ifend:)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Jeton1480H200.jpg|Sides 1 & 2, French jeton 1480–1520
(collection Calculant)


Following works well and has the footnote down under.

Picture is centred but Caption is left justified if caption [including (collection Calculant)] is longer than 77 characters..

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/DividersW200.jpg|Two pairs of English eighteenth century dividers with 12
(collection Calculant)


Following works with centred caption and footnote set at page bottom.

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Misc/GregorReisch1504H400.jpg|Contested methods - Woodcut from 15031

Using advanced table instructions works, but gives horizontal line between caption lines. Undersirable.

(:table align=center cellpadding=5 border=0:) (:cellnr:) http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Calculi2H200.jpg (:cell:) http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Calculi1H200.jpg (:cellnr:)CONCORDIA.1577.CVM.PIETATE. (:cell:)CALCVLI.ORDINVM.BELGII. PORT SALV (:cellnr:) 1577: Sides 1 & 2 of calculi (:cell:) (collection Calculant) (:tableend:)

The following is the same but now implemented with normal table setttings.

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Calculi2H200.jpg http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Calculi1H200.jpg
CONCORDIA.1577.CVM.PIETATE.CALCVLI.ORDINVM.BELGII. PORT SALV
1577: Sides 1 & 2 of calculi(collection Calculant)





Following Table is not centred but caption is correctly centered on picture with lines less obvious.

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/JefferysPrintH500.jpg|Compasses from 1710–71 T. Jefferys sculp
(Collection Calculant)

In this drawing, at the top can be seen the emerging shape of various compasses, constructed from brass and steel. Below, from this collection, is a typical pair of such dividers, also from the eighteenth century:

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/HenriMorinW400.jpg|French drawing instruments ~1880
(collection Calculant)


http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/ButterfieldSectorW300.jpg http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/DoublettSectorW300.jpg
Brass French Gunnery Sector Oxbone Architect’s Sector
by Michael Butterfield ~1700 by T. and H. Doublett ~1830
(collection Calculant) (collection Calculant)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Misc/NapiersRodsEnBr2W600.jpg|Depiction of Napier’s Rods, 1797.2
(collection Calculant)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/HenrionH300.jpg|1626: Traicté de logarithms by Dennis Henrion
(collection Calculant)


http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/GardinerH300.jpg|1783: Tables Portatives de Logarithms by Gardiner
(collection Calculant)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/GunterHenrionW500.jpg|Graphical construction of Gunter scale (1624)
reproduced by Henrion 1626
(collection Calculant)

s the high point reached in elegance and utility of the straight slide rules. Production of it lasted until 1973 when electronic calculators rendered it obsolete.

NoteDateMaker
(i)1626–1726Jacob
Leupold
3 designs
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/SlideRuleDes1670W300.jpg
(ii)1759–69Edward
Roberts
Everard
pattern
gauger’s
rule

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/EverardW300.jpg
(iii)1821–84J. Long
Alcohol
gauger’s
rule

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/JosephLong1821W300.jpg
(iv)1893–98Tavernier
Gravet
Slide
rule

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Tavernier1W300.jpg|
(v)~1928K&E
Slide
rule

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/K&E1908W300.jpg
(vi)1847Palmer
Palmer’s
Computing
Scale
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/PalmerCS1W300.jpg
(vii)1911K&E
Thacher’s Calculating
Instrument
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/ThacherW300.jpg
(viii)1926Prof Fuller’s
Cylindrical
Slide Rule
Model 2
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/FullerW300.jpg
(ix)1935Supremathic
Circular
Slide Rule
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/SUPREMATHICW300.jpg
(x)1948Fowler
Jubillee Magnum
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/FowlerW300.jpg
(xi)1960Otis King
Model LC
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/OtisKingW300.jpg
(xii)1967–73Faber Castell
2/83N
Novo
Duplex
http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/FaberCastellDuplexW300.jpg
(All the above are from collection Calculant)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Misc/nomogram_b=a+dH350.jpg|(i) A simple nomograph for calculating the sum of two numbers (b=a+c)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Bloch1W350.jpg|(ii) Bloch Schnellkalulator
~1924 (collection Calculant)

http://meta-studies.net/pmwiki/uploads/Zeitermittler2W350.jpg|(iii) Der Zeitermittler
~1947 (collection Calculant)


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