Talk:Dugald Clark
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[edit] Clerk or Clark?
It appears that his name was Clerk not Clark. Needs to be looked into. see... http://deq.mt.gov/cleansnowmobile/montana/williford/FINALBU-02.htm http://www.iee.org/TheIEE/Locations/SEC/Famous/sts_c.cfm#DClerk --=Motorhead 18:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
- It does indeed appear to be the case! See the Royal Society list of members. Andrewa 10:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- The article was created as a short untagged stub by an anon a year ago, under the name Clerk, and almost immediately moved to Clark by user:Uncle G. I've left him a message asking for his input on this. Andrewa 15:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
The text of the article submitted by the original author said "Clark", as do all of the references cited. The IEE entry that you point to was written in 2001, it says. The Royal Society says "Clerk", as does this document catalogue. But, on the other hand, ISBN 1892216248 says "Clark", as do this article, this article, this article that mentions the "Dugald Clark Bequest", and the manuscripts catalogue in the University of Glasgow. Of them all, the two catalogues seem to me to be the most reliable sources, because the manuscript and the journal paper are contemporary whereas the others are not. It's a shame that they contradict each other. ☺ Uncle G 17:03, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Oho. Yes, the University of Glasgow archive is equally authoritative to the Royal Society membership list. Here's what I suspect: He spoke the auld tongue (as my kinsfolk in Scotland call it) or Scots (as others seem to call it) when in Scotland. Here's what we know: He was known by the name Clark in Glasgow and Clerk in London. The article should reflect this.
- I don't think that Wikipedia:naming conventions cover this, but I vote for keeping the Scots spelling (of course). Andrewa 09:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
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- I have added this info to the article. The sources still need to be added. Andrewa 09:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Size of engines
These engines were used mainly in ships and locomotives and were much larger than the modern design. I'm skeptical. By the modern design does the author mean lawn mower and motorcycle engines fueled by gasoline? There are also some very large modern two-stroke engines in ships and locomotives! Andrewa 01:55, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
This has I think now been addressed in the refactor of the Clark cycle section. Andrewa 20:59, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
