{"id":58971,"date":"2026-02-26T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=58971"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:15:15","slug":"qotd-naming-of-parts-by-henry-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/qotd-naming-of-parts-by-henry-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: &#8220;Naming of Parts&#8221; by Henry Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 25px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><em>Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,<br \/>\nWe had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,<br \/>\nWe shall have what to do after firing. But today,<br \/>\nToday we have naming of parts. <strong>Japonica<\/strong><br \/>\nGlistens like coral in all the neighboring gardens,<br \/>\nAnd today we have naming of parts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the lower sling swivel. And this<br \/>\nIs the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see,<br \/>\nWhen you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel,<br \/>\nWhich in your case you have not got. The branches<br \/>\nHold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures,<br \/>\nWhich in our case we have not got.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the safety-catch, which is always released<br \/>\nWith an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me<br \/>\nSee anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy<br \/>\nIf you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms<br \/>\nAre fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see<br \/>\nAny of them using their finger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this<br \/>\nIs to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it<br \/>\nRapidly backwards and forwards: we call this<br \/>\nEasing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards<br \/>\nThe early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:<br \/>\nThey call it easing the Spring.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy<br \/>\nIf you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,<br \/>\nAnd the breech, the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,<br \/>\nWhich in our case we have not got; and the almond blossom<br \/>\nSilent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,<br \/>\nFor today we have the naming of parts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Henry Reed, 1942.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday, We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning, We shall have what to do after firing. But today, Today we have naming of parts. Japonica Glistens like coral in all the neighboring gardens, And today we have naming of parts. This is the lower sling swivel. 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