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capt_facepalm) wrote2021-07-05 06:36 pm
capt_facepalm) wrote2021-07-05 06:36 pm
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Tools of the Trade
Title: Tools of the Trade
Author:capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr John Watson, Lomax, the sub-librarian from the London Library
Summary: Holmes sends Watson on a research mission
Warning: Librarians have esoteric and eclectic fields of knowledge
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 5th 2021 prompt: five items I work with
Author:
capt_facepalm Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr John Watson, Lomax, the sub-librarian from the London Library
Summary: Holmes sends Watson on a research mission
Warning: Librarians have esoteric and eclectic fields of knowledge
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 5th 2021 prompt: five items I work with
.oOOo.
‘You see, Watson, if you install the spirit level properly on the tripod, everything you see will be on the same horizontal plane. Now, hold that rod steady whilst I record my observations.’
Lomax pushed his glasses up to look through the glass and jotted notes in a small book.
‘Now, by comparing the readings, I can determine the change in elevation.’
‘Fascinating,’ said Dr Watson. ‘Holmes will appreciate this. As a librarian, how come you by this knowledge?’
‘My father was a navvy.’
‘You didn’t want to follow is his profession?’
‘No, I couldn’t come to terms with midges.’
‘You see, Watson, if you install the spirit level properly on the tripod, everything you see will be on the same horizontal plane. Now, hold that rod steady whilst I record my observations.’
Lomax pushed his glasses up to look through the glass and jotted notes in a small book.
‘Now, by comparing the readings, I can determine the change in elevation.’
‘Fascinating,’ said Dr Watson. ‘Holmes will appreciate this. As a librarian, how come you by this knowledge?’
‘My father was a navvy.’
‘You didn’t want to follow is his profession?’
‘No, I couldn’t come to terms with midges.’
.oOOo.
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Supplementary Notes: I sent my computer, my gps, my levelling theodolite, my notepad, and my glasses into a time machine set to the 1880's for this one, and all that popped out the other side were a spirit level, map and compass, a pencil and notebook, and my glasses!
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