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Originally Posted by Chris
And yet you're content to warn other people against estimates, shorthand and assumptions with delightful terms like "Mr Clever Dick".
You got called out. Tough luck. Pwnt.
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Not caught out at all Chris, when you have to estimate, you have to estimate, everybody in engineering and science do it all the time, so yes I am very content.
To estimate the weight of a hexagonal snowflake comprising air and ice crystals, with all the variables involved would have driven Einstein crazy, but I did it, albeit a bit rough and crude, nevertheless I did it and it was a good estimate whether you approve or not. I don`t see anybody else having a try.
Tease your own brain by trying to find the
area of a regular hexagon, let alone the weight of an aerated hexagonal mass. - it is not easy.
I was not even thought about in the 19th Century let alone there to take part in such a remarkable venture, so actually weighing this large snowflake is not an option. Hence a fairly rational and logical estimate. You have something against making estimates do you ?
"Mr.Clever Dick" ? Surely you have met him on your travels, I have met hundreds of them.
Just enjoy the thread, don`t get too worried about poor old Wittmann and his estimates, he is only trying to insert some scientific interest in the Forum and is quite competent to do so.