Met History wrote:

> In a message dated 2/15/2004 11:16:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>     with
>     construction of the McCullough Shot & Lead Company shot tower of
>     nonstructural brick wall panels entirely supported by an iron
>     frame to a
>     height of 217 feet in 1855, he anticipated the skeletal
>     steel-framework
>     of our urban environment
>
>
> "Anticipated" seems a bit strong to me, and suggests intentionality -
> something cast iron nuts are keen to do.  How about prefigured?
> Moltenly yours,  C

Chris,

You are accurate... too bad this went out years ago. I'll mention to my
editor that we did not catch this temporal error.
I'll ask Rudy to haul out the time machine from behind the tomato worm.
No time now for me to review if it is the word Margot used in the book
and I like a monkey copied thought and word for word.
Good thing I'm a novice?

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