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The Mathematician in Love Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)

The Mathematician in Love

Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)

Original Text

 

William J. Macquorn Rankine, Songs and Fables (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1874): 3-6. 11652.e.19 British Library; PR 5209 R3S6 Robarts Library

I

1A mathematician fell madly in love

2    With a lady, young, handsome, and charming:

3By angles and ratios harmonic he strove

4Her curves and proportions all faultless to prove.

5    As he scrawled hieroglyphics alarming.

II

6He measured with care, from the ends of a base,

7    The arcs which her features subtended:

8Then he framed transcendental equations, to trace

9The flowing outlines of her figure and face,

10    And thought the result very splendid.

III

11He studied (since music has charms for the fair)

12    The theory of fiddles and whistles, --

13Then composed, by acoustic equations, an air,

14Which, when 'twas performed, made the lady's long hair

15    Stand on end, like a porcupine's bristles.

IV

16The lady loved dancing: -- he therefore applied,

17    To the polka and waltz, an equation;

18But when to rotate on his axis he tried,

19His centre of gravity swayed to one side,

20    And he fell, by the earth's gravitation.

V

21No doubts of the fate of his suit made him pause,

22    For he proved, to his own satisfaction,

23That the fair one returned his affection; -- "because,

24"As every one knows, by mechanical laws,

25    "Re-action is equal to action."

VI

26"Let x denote beauty, -- y, manners well-bred, --

27    "z, Fortune, -- (this last is essential), --

28"Let L stand for love" -- our philosopher said, --

29"Then L is a function of x, y, and z,

30    "Of the kind which is known as potential."

VII

31"Now integrate L with respect to d t,

32    "(t Standing for time and persuasion);

33"Then, between proper limits, 'tis easy to see,

34"The definite integral Marriage must be: --

35    "(A very concise demonstration)."

VIII

36Said he -- "If the wandering course of the moon

37    "By Algebra can be predicted,

38"The female affections must yield to it soon" --

39-- But the lady ran off with a dashing dragoon,

40    And left him amazed and afflicted.

Notes

3]ratios harmonic: harmonic proportion, the relation of three quantities whose reciprocals (inverse relations) are in arithmetical progression. Back to Line

7]subtended: stretched underneath or opposite to. Back to Line

8]transcendental equations: ones resulting only in an infinite series. Back to Line

30]potential: something can be calculated; more amply defined as "a mathematical function or quantity by the differentiation of which the force at any point in space arising from any system of bodies, etc. can be expressed. In the case in which the system consists of separate masses, electrical charges, etc., this quantity is equal to the sum of these, each divided by its distance from the point" (OED "potential" 5). Back to Line

31]integrate: finding a definite integral (cf. line 34) i.e., the numeric difference between the values of a function's indefinite integral for two values of the independent variable. Back to Line

Publication Start Year

 

1874

 

I really need to increase the font size these days and I cannot find

 

• I really need to increase the font size these days and I cannot find
  

  a setting that affects the contents of HTML contents. I guess there should be 
  

  some % number setting somewhere ?
  

  
  

    Jocke
  

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  Milan Crha via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:evolution-list@gnome.org

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:07 AM

  On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 13:49 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund via evolution-list
  wrote:
  > I really need to increase the font size these days and I cannot find
  > a setting that affects the contents of HTML contents. I guess there
  > should be some % number setting somewhere ?
  
      Hi,
  if you mean when reading HTML mails, then you can Ctrl+MouseWheel to
  change the zoom temporarily, or you can limit the minimum font size in
  Edit->Preferences->Mail Preferences->General tab->Message Display
  section->Minimum Font Size option. Evolution used to set it, but I
  removed it for the 3.38.0.
      Bye,
      Milan
  
  P.S.: a side note: Gmail seems to understand "Normal" font size as
  "small" for the rest of the world, which makes it hard to read when
  people change the font size in the Gmail's web UI. No idea whether it's
  your case too, this is just one place I noticed it with (reported to
  Google weeks ago, no response from them yet).
• 

  Joakim Tjernlund via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:mcrha@redhat.com,evolution-list@gnome.org

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 9:36 AM

  On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 14:02 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
  > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
  >
  >
  > On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 13:49 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund via evolution-list
  > wrote:
  > > I really need to increase the font size these days and I cannot find
  > > a setting that affects the contents of HTML contents. I guess there
  > > should be some % number setting somewhere ?
  >
  >         Hi,
  > if you mean when reading HTML mails, then you can Ctrl+MouseWheel to
  > change the zoom temporarily, or you can limit the minimum font size in
  > Edit->Preferences->Mail Preferences->General tab->Message Display
  > section->Minimum Font Size option. Evolution used to set it, but I
  > removed it for the 3.38.0.
  
  Minimum Font Size works for me :) Please add back..
  Maybe some default zoom, like firefox has, instead ?
  
  The control+Mouse think is a bit fiddly to do every time.
  
  >         Bye,
  >         Milan
  >
  > P.S.: a side note: Gmail seems to understand "Normal" font size as
  > "small" for the rest of the world, which makes it hard to read when
  > people change the font size in the Gmail's web UI. No idea whether it's
  > your case too, this is just one place I noticed it with (reported to
  > Google weeks ago, no response from them yet).
  
  For it is just that my eyes are getting "old"
  
    Jocke
• 

  Milan Crha via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:evolution-list@gnome.org

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:13 AM

  On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 15:36 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
  > Minimum Font Size works for me :) Please add back..
  > Maybe some default zoom, like firefox has, instead ?
  
      Hi,
  there's nothing to be added back from my point of view. Users have the
  option fully under their control now. The option is not about the zoom,
  it's really about the minimum font size. Quoting from the WebKitGTK
  documentation:
  
    The minimum font size in pixels used to display text. This setting
    controls the absolute smallest size. Values other than 0 can
    potentially break page layouts.
  
  Thus that Evolution forced its own value there was kind of a bad idea.
  
  The other font settings (above this Minimum Font Size option in the
  Preferences) can influence the default font size, from which are
  derived other sizes (unless the HTML contains absolute sizes).
  
  I'd rather not add an option for "the default zoom".
• 

  Joakim Tjernlund via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:mcrha@redhat.com,evolution-list@gnome.org

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:19 AM

  On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 16:07 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
  > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
  >
  >
  > On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 15:36 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
  > > Minimum Font Size works for me :) Please add back..
  > > Maybe some default zoom, like firefox has, instead ?
  >
  >         Hi,
  > there's nothing to be added back from my point of view. Users have the
  > option fully under their control now. The option is not about the zoom,
  > it's really about the minimum font size. Quoting from the WebKitGTK
  > documentation:
  >
  >    The minimum font size in pixels used to display text. This setting
  >    controls the absolute smallest size. Values other than 0 can
  >    potentially break page layouts.
  >
  > Thus that Evolution forced its own value there was kind of a bad idea.
  >
  > The other font settings (above this Minimum Font Size option in the
  > Preferences) can influence the default font size, from which are
  > derived other sizes (unless the HTML contains absolute sizes).
  >
  > I'd rather not add an option for "the default zoom".
  
  Right, it was just an suggestion but I though you had removed something,
  like Minimum font size?
  
  Also, I just noted that Min font size didn't really work for HTML mails(from Outlook),
  still at original size. Should not min font size affect all HTML mail, regardless
  of abs. font size?
  
  Jocke
• 

  Milan Crha via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:evolution-list

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:59 AM

  On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 17:18 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
  > Right, it was just an suggestion but I though you had removed
  > something, like Minimum font size?
  
      Hi,
  no, I did not remove anything, I only moved it in a way that users have
  control over it.
  
  > Also, I just noted that Min font size didn't really work for HTML
  > mails(from Outlook), still at original size.
  
  Works for me, with an Undelivered message notification from the server.
  I tried with value 50, which made the text super-large. Remember, it's
  pixels. If you are on hiDPI, then maybe the value should be larger. In
  any case, the drawing is handled by WebKitGTK, thus if anything doesn't
  work it might be a question for them. Evolution only sets the value.
      Bye,
• 

  Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>

  To:evolution-list@gnome.org

  Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 12:03 PM

  On 10/1/20 8:07 AM, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
  >     Hi,
  > there's nothing to be added back from my point of view. Users have the
  > option fully under their control now. The option is not about the zoom,
  > it's really about the minimum font size. Quoting from the WebKitGTK
  > documentation:
  >
  >    The minimum font size in pixels used to display text. This setting
  >    controls the absolute smallest size. Values other than 0 can
  >    potentially break page layouts.
  >
  > Thus that Evolution forced its own value there was kind of a bad idea.
  
  One idea I saw in a phone mail client that seemed to work well combines
  minimum font and zoom.
  
  Zoom is applied until the smallest font is at least the minimum size.
  Everything else gets bigger. This preserves the page layout at the
  expense of scrolling, but the user is of course able to use pinch-zoom
  to see the entire message.
  
  That might be a good option for Evolution if someone is reworking the
  HTML display code.
  
  --
                  Knowledge is Power -- Power Corrupts
                          Study Hard -- Be Evil
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  Gerd Röthig via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:evolution-list

  Mon, Jan 25 at 9:54 AM

  Am Donnerstag, dem 01.10.2020 um 17:57 +0200 schrieb Milan Crha via evolution-list:
  > On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 17:18 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
  > > Right, it was just an suggestion but I though you had removed
  > > something, like Minimum font size?
  >
  >         Hi,
  > no, I did not remove anything, I only moved it in a way that users have
  > control over it.
  
  I am afraid that I do not understand fully. The possibility to specify a minimum font size for
  displaying HTML mails in Evolution was removed in order to allow users "control over it"?
  
  How do users now have "control over it"?
  
  I am using Evolution on Manjaro Linux (xfce) - is there some setting, for example in dconf, that I
  can adjust?
  
  Thank you very much and kind regards.
• 

  Milan Crha via evolution-list <evolution-list@gnome.org>

  To:evolution-list@gnome.org

  Tue, Jan 26 at 3:25 AM

  On Mon, 2021-01-25 at 15:54 +0100, Gerd Röthig via evolution-list
  wrote:
  > How do users now have "control over it"?
  
      Hi,
  just navigate to Edit->Preferences->Mail Preferences->General tab and
  near the top, where you can override the font settings, is added an
  option named "Minimum Font Size: [xxx] (in pixels)". My quotes just for
  clarity, yours for... something else.
  
      Bye,

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