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1. Concerning the Article: Egyptian Medical Papyri

'''Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?'''

--- no major issues or distractions in the article. All information currently on the page is related/relevant

'''Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?'''

--- There are a few claims that seem a bit out of pocket. For instance they say that Early Egyptian medicine was based mostly on a mixture of magic and religious spells with no mention or reference link to religious practices/belief systems of ancient Egypt.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

--- The main papyri that are presented happen to have been recovered by mostly European and British foundations/organizations. I'm unsure if it's simply that those groups were more intentional of recording/reporting their findings or if there is just not a lot of recovered items from Egypt itself. To me information on this papyri from Egypt seems very underrepresented.

'''Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?'''

--- Yes each citation given works and the source information lines up with what appears on the page

'''Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?''' --- Yes for most part all of the sources are reliable and neutral references with no apparent bias. However due to the fact that many sources were found around the early 2000s many of the sites have either been removed or are very outdated.

'''Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?'''

--- Much of the information has not been updated for some time, including information about recovered Egyptian Papyri in general, the main medical papyri section is the only prioritized section and it's references are all from 2007 or before.

'''Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?'''

--- Yes there a few conversations concerning grammatical errors, page structure and image placements. The most recent edit requested to update the page's information with another contributor to subject.

'''How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?'''

--- The article is rated at a start class with Mid-Importance.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

--- It does not differ greatly, from what we've learned thus far about the development of science.

--Daryl Gichui (talk) 21:53, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

2. Research Study Questions We decided to add information and background to the Fowler Calculators [] Due to the lack of available information on the Wikipedia page about the manufacturer and the Fowler Calculator we have considered adding more the History section of the page as well as background on the different types of Fowler Calculators that were constructed, possibly in a Types sections. We may even add a little more information about William Henry Fowler, the founder, as well as his family was in control of production in Sales, Manchester England for years and years after. We found a few sources for this while also discovering portions of existing sources already on the page that are available either in our library or online. We plan to pull from these sources for initial additions to the page as it includes a lot of left out background on Fowler, circle calculators and slide rules. --- Daryl Gichui (talk) 03:49, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

FOWLER ADDITIONS 3/5 For Talk Page & Addition
 * Thanks for the edits and for redirecting his name. I agree that so long as history William Fowler is mostly centered around his contribution to the calculators it should remain within one page. I am planning on adding a bit of info based on information from the Slide Rule Museum as it provides bulleted information on his early life and what may have lead to his development of the watch chronologically.
 * William Henry Fowler, born in Oldham, England began his interest in engineering and manufacturing around age 14 where he trained at the Oldham firm of Platt Brothers, textile and machinery . He later studied mathematics at Owens College, Manchester in the 1870s. He became editor of the journal The Practical Engineer in 1891, which led to him starting the Scientific Publishing Company in 1898. That year, his journal The Mechanical Engineer published the design of a circular calculator operated by moving fixed pointers over a revolving dial. In 1908, Fowler's son, Harold, began commercial production of circular calculators in Sale, using the same design with the calculator's appearance and control resembling that of a pocket watch.

= FOWLER ADDITIONS FOR ARTICLE 3/14 -- PEER REVIEW THIS PLEASE = =Peer Review by Finny1217= History page should instead be titled something like Life of Fowler, history should focus on what the article is on, the calculator. It is still great to have the life of Fowler, the section should be renamed

Gives great accuracy on the description of the devices. Very detail oriented with dimensions to make it easier to visualize. Lots of good articles that connect points well.

Look over the grammar. It looked relatively fine, but there could be some word replacements that could make it look better and flow better, as well as checking spelling mistakes. I know I will have to do it because my grammar while typing is garbage.

While there is great content so far, are there any other possible other sections that could be added, such as big projects that used it or even the downfall of the device? Definitely would help with making the article be more expansive and give people a great idea of what happened to the Fowler Calculator.

For my article, adding more pictures could be an important part of the article. I like the picture added to your page and will try to do that in the future to my own. Articles were great and ran perfectly

Finny1217 (talk) 16:45, 19 March 2021 (UTC)Full Peer Review. Like the stuff

= RESPONSE to Peer Review - 4/2/21 = My page was peer reviewed by: Finny1217

First he addresses a need to change the title of our History section which is my main contribution to my team's article on Fowler Calculatiors, he suggests that instead we call this section Life of Fowler or something of that sort and I very much agree with that as it is important part of the article but not the intetnion. Our team should only brielfy cover his past as the intention of the article is to cover Fowler Calcs.

He also compliments our accuracy, amount of suitable sources, and coverage on the details on the devices. I credit my partner for a lot for that as he's helped in finding a good number of sources that allowed us to expand more on the subject.

There a several comments on improving our sentence structure as well since he believed parts of it could flow much better. I agree with that as well. He puts this very kindly too by admitting that even his own grammar is iffy when he's typing which made me feel better personally. I intend to proof read the article for better smoother sentences. I also know I have a bad habit of writing run-ons so I will need to take a careful look in editing this soon.

A piece/idea that I really appreciated and intend to include is the uses and eventually ending of use of the Fowler Calculator, as in what eventually replaced the Fowler Calculator and put the company out of business and considered an antique. Also including cool, interesting, and or well known projects and buildings that used Fowler Calculators when being created. This could add a lot of depth to our Article as well as serve as a jumping of point for those interested on Mechanics and Engineering based studies.

Daryl Gichui (talk) 16:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

History

 * After completing his degree Fowler took a different path pursuing a career as an editor for a weekly Manchester journal, The Practical Engineer. This change in focus would however set the stage for Fowler to begin the Scientific Publishing Company where he began his annual pocket book series Fowler’s Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book in 1898 which covered a variety of mechanical, engineering, and other related trades. Fowler would continue balancing editorial work while his son Harold who spent time studying electrical engineering began designing and developing calculators, eventually acquiring his own manufacturing shop which was likely financed by W. H. Fowler. --- [existing information on the article would be placed here as it explains more about early models of the Fowler Calculators and what led to it becoming an actual manufacturing company ] ---
 * Following his corporation establishment, Fowler filed for the patent of several multi faceted models of Pocket calculators which he would continue to manufacture for 30 more years utilizing the Fowler's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book. W. H. Fowler would then pass away W. H. Fowler died in April, and his son and business cohort Harold would become owner of the firm. The firm spent it’s following years expanding production and diversifying their calculators uses and capabilities striving to be used in surveying work, construction and also being capable of decimal calculations. Once World War II began in 1942, Jim Cookson became the new head manager eventually changing the name of the company to Fowlers Ltd. Cookson would late carry production and company practices after Harold’s retirement and into the 50s until it was liquidized in 1988. In between this time the company would introduce several more expansive models including the the Jubilee Magnum extra long scale calculator measuring 76in which was capable of five to six decimal figure calculations. Also notable was the Type B or Textile calculator. The company marketed its full range through Joseph Casartelli & Sons Ltd, scientific instrument makers of Salford, as well as through the Fowler's Pocket Books.