€UROPHIA IN €UROPE?
€1 = IR£0.787564 Software tips - getting the euro symbol | an odd ommission?
AN UNENLIGHTENED OMISSION?
Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK,
and the first single span cast iron bridge in the world, built in 1779 in the
heartlands of the industrial revolution and still standing today. Until the
early 1960s—nearly 200 years later—it still carried mechanical traffic
including buses before it was pedestrianised for preservation.
The Ironbridge
bridge was built at nearby Coalbrookdale by Abraham Darby, the grandson of Abraham
Darby (1677–1717), a member of the Quaker family of Coalbrookdale and who
paved the way for the industrial revolution by developing iron metallurgy.
Bridges were also made for export at nearby Horsehay, including the bridge spanning Victoria Falls. One of the most prominent areas of industrial invention and development in the modern world, the region has a fascinating history second to none. Much of it has been removed and preserved at Blists Hill open air museum.
Given such a prominent feature of the development of the western world and specifically Europe, it is indeed odd that the Ironbridge was not included on the new euro notes.
CONVERSION CHART
£1 = €1.27 £9 = €11.43
£2 = €2.54 £10 = €12.70
£3 = €3.81 £12 = €.15.24
£4 = €5.08 £14 = €17.78
£5 = €6.35 £16 = €20.32
£6 = €7.62 £18 = €22.86
£7 = €8.89 £20 = €25.39
£8 = €10.16 £50 = €63.49
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Getting the € symbol into your software.
The Euro monetary symbol (systems using Windows95+) can be installed in your software free of charge by visiting the microsoft download sites at:
1. For the Euro symbol software update : [required for all programmes]
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/euro/95/w95euro.exe2. For the Euro symbol fonts update :
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97pro/OffTTUp/97/WIN98/EN-US/OffTTUpd.exeFor Microsoft systems other Windows95, go to the Microsoft download page and search for euro for your particular system.