| "it has long been known that" | I haven't bothered to look up the original reference |
| "of great theoretical and practical importance" | interesting to me |
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while it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions" | The experiments didn't work out, but I figured I could at atleast get a publication out of it |
| "The W-Pb system was chosen as especially suitable to show the predicted behavior " | The fellow in the next lab had some already made up |
| "High purity Very high purity Extremely high purity Super-purity... Spectroscopically pure" | Composition unknown except for the exaggerated claims of the supplier |
| "A fiducial reference line" | A scratch |
| "Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study" | The results of the others didn't make sense and were ignored |
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"handled with extreme care during the experiments" | not dropped on the floor |
| "Typical results are shown" | The best results are shown |
| "Although some detail has been lost in reproduction, it is clear from the micrograph that" | It
is impossible to tell from from the original micrograph |
| Presumably at longer times | I didn't take the time to find out |
| The agreement with the predicted curve is excellent | fair |
| good | poor |
| satisfactory | doubtful |
| fair | imaginary |
| as good as could be expected | non-existent |
| These results will be reported at a later date | I might get around to this sometime |
| The most reliable values are those of Jones | He was a student of mine |
| It is suggested that ... It is believed that ... It may be that ... | I think... |
| It is generally believed that | I have such a good objection to this answer that I shall now raise it. |
| "It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding ..." | I don't understand it |
| "Unfortunately, a quantitative theory to account for these effects has not been formulated" | Neither does anybody else |
| "Correct within an order of magnitude" | Wrong |
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"It is to be hoped that this work will stimulate further work in the field" | This paper isn't very good but neither are any of the others on this miserable subject |
| "Thanks are due to Joe Glotz for assistance with the experiments and to John Doe for valuable discussions." | Glotz did the work and Doe explained what it meant. |
