Friday 24 January 1661/62

Annotations

• N Louis on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 01:45am

  “after dinner I ^seat^ for the pictures thither”

  This would seem a typo for “sent.”

• N Xjy on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 07:06am

  Marriage and money
  A timely article on this in today’s Guardian. http://money.guardian.co.uk/feature/story/0,11579,1397981,00.html
  Wonder what Liz would have thought?
  I think I know what Sam would have thought :-)

• N andy on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 08:26am

  a pair of scissars and a brass square

  aren’t these masonic symbols? or is Sam up for a bit of DIY/home improvements?

• N Mary on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 08:55am

  matters of money.

  This concerns a loan of

• N Michael Slater on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 01:31pm

  “very merry with my Lady”

  Is this a euphemism for Samuel getting his freak on with the countess?

• N Mary on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 03:05pm

  No.

• N Alan Bedford on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 05:08pm

  “…very merry…”

  You’ll find that this generally means an enjoyable, purely social time with friends and acquaintances. Sam uses the expression frequently and consistently with this meaning.

• N Alan Bedford on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 05:12pm

  “a pair of scissars and a brass square”

  I would think that the correct answer here is “B.” I haven’t read ahead, but it would not surprise me if Sam wants to draw up some plans for his contractors.

  The Masonic symbols would be a compass and square. One would think that if Sam were a Mason, he’d mention it in the diary.

• N gerry on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 09:25pm

  And according to L&M Sam had originally written “quadrant” and changed it to square.

• N Sjoerd on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 10:22pm

  I think i know what a “quadrant” is… but a square ?

  Could it be something like this:

  http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/collectionsDetail.cfm?ID=AST0569

  ???
  

• N Alan Bedford on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 10:35pm

  Square (noun) “…3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles…” (from the American Heritage Dictionary)
  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=square

• N Alan Bedford on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 10:41pm

  Here’s some information on an engineer’s square (which may well be what Sam bought): http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/try2.htm:

  But if it was the (very similar) woodworker’s try square, that would be:
  http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/try1.htm

• N Peter on Tue 25 Jan 2005, 11:41pm

  Lots of children still use a set-square at school.

• N vicenzo on Wed 26 Jan 2005, 03:46am

  always called it a T-Square “THE ENGINEERS TRY-SQUARE” but I doth think it be a simple L square 3 to 4 [or is it 4:3]ratio as in hypopotumuse[hypothenuse] sine [with abl]