Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The Quite Incredible Number List: 4101-4200

4101: FV4101 was the Charioteer tank - a development of the existing Cromwell in the early 1950s to carry the 20pdr gun. It was intended as a bit of a stop-gap until the Centurion Mk 3 was delivered, most of those in the British army eventually seeing service with TA units. (Big Martin)
4102: Where is the A4102? The answer isn't as simple as you might think. It's the number of a short link road in Amblecote, near Stourbridge in the West Midlands. However, due to lack of coordination between English and Welsh highway authorities, it's also a road in Merthyr Tydfil. And to make matters even more complicated, this road is in three separate parts, one of them completely detached from the other two! (GuyBarry)
4103: UK Government Regulatory Article RA4103 concerns the decontamination of aircraft after spillage of bodily fluids. (Big Martin)
4104: The ZIL-4104 was a limousine built by ZiL from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, when it served as the transport of the elite of the Soviet Union. It is estimated that no more than fifty cars were produced each year. (bemahan)
4105: Scalemates stock a range of Battlestar Galactica models in 1:4105 scale. Link (Big Martin)
4106: In 2017 The Truth or Fiction site reported rumours, started by a fake news website called "The Last Line of Defense", that President Trump would be sending everyone over 65 $4106 to make up for higher taxes on Social Security under President Obama. (GuyBarry)
4107: The Cambridge Institute of Dog Behaviour & Training's course CIDBT4107 is Dogs and the Law. (Big Martin)
4108: 4108 is the smallest positive multiple of 13 with exactly 13 digits when written in binary (1000000001100). (GuyBarry)
4109: IWM catalogue number 4109.50.1 is Monty's office caravan. Link (Big Martin)
4110: 4110 Keats is a minor planet. It was discovered in Palomar Observatory, San Diego County, California, United States, on the 13th of February, 1977 by E. Bowell. (Strawberry)
4111: Café 4111 is a recipe website. (Big Martin)
4112: The Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, in the Mont Blanc massif in Italy, is 4112 metres high. (GuyBarry)
4113: Calibration fluid 4113 is a low viscosity mineral oil used as a reference fluid for diesel injection testing equipment. (Big Martin)
4114: There is an Argos at Unit 1, Oak Tree Centre, Jubilee Way South, Mansfield, NG18-3RT. The Store Number is 4114. (Strawberry)
4115: 4115/33333 = 0.12345123451234512345... (GuyBarry)
4116: 4116 Krupp Stainless Steel is used for medical and pharmaceutical applications as well kitchen cutlery. (Big Martin)
4117: Auditing the Storm: Disaster 4117 is a joint investigative series by Oklahoma Watch and KGOU Radio/The Oklahoma Tornado Project on how federal and state disaster aid is being spent in the wake of the violent tornadoes and storms in May 2013. (GuyBarry)
4118: 4118 Sveta is an asteroid amongst the largest asteroid field of the outer belt and named after the first woman to perform a spacewalk, Svetlana Savitskaya (Baryonyx)
4119: The A4119 was originally a coal route running from the collieries of the Rhondda Valleys down to Cardiff Docks, but part of the road was re-routed over former railway lines to avoid the narrow streets running below. Today it runs from Tonypandy to Cardiff Bay, passing close to the Royal Mint at Llantrisant. (GuyBarry)
4120: The Compaq Armada 4120 notebook was produced in the 1990s. (Big Martin)
4121: It was announced in 2014 that badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire cost £4121 per animal. (GuyBarry)
4122: SOS box numbers 4122A and 4122B are either side of the M1 at Junction 27, North of Nottingham, South of Mansfield, and level with the small town of Hucknall. I wonder if there is a higher than average incidence of red hair among the menfolk of that town. (tetsabb)
4123: Locomotive 4123 is an 0-6-0 4F steam engine built for the LMS in 1925. It is currently undergoing restoration at the Avon Valley Railway in Bitton. (Big Martin)
4124: Gulf Royal Chinese Restaurant is at 4124, Al Rawdah, Jeddah 234457532, Saudi Arabia. At www.thedalwood.co.uk, the code for Black Stripe Trim Socks, is Q4124. (Strawberry)
4125: Swiss postcode area 4125 is the locality of Riehen in Basel. It was, for a long while the place where I had most crossed an international border. During our school exchange to Loerrach in 1970, wanting anything like a swimming pool involved crossing the German/Swiss border. (Big Martin)
4126: On October 13th this year, the restaurant 4126 (fortyonetwentysix) opened at 4126 Clemson Boulevard, Anderson, South Carolina. (GuyBarry)
4127: 4127 is the postcode for an area in Queensland, Australia. It includes the rather splendid placename of Slacks Creek. (tetsabb)
4128: According to a 2011 article on the BBC News pages, Buckinghamshire's A4128 is the 'most improved road'. (Strawberry)
4129: Product Look-Up number 4129 is the apple variety known as Stemilt Fuji. (Big Martin)
4130: AISI 4130 low alloy steel, containing nominally 0.3% carbon, 1% chromium and 0.2% molybdenum, is widely used in oil patch applications. (GuyBarry)
4131: Bisbee Breakfast Club restaurant is at 4131, W Ina Rd, Tucson, AZ 85741-2202, United States. (Strawberry)
4132: The square of 4132 (in decimal notation) can be split into three parts whose sum is 4132: 41322 = 17073424; 1 + 707 + 3424 = 4132. (GuyBarry)
4133: 4133 Fusion are a Robotics Team from Helena, Montana, United States. (Strawberry)
4134: The longest surviving letter by the Roman author Seneca is 4134 words long. (GuyBarry)
4135: A Vision of Britain Through Time's place 4135 is Sawley in Derbyshire. Link (Big Martin)
4136: The A4136 road is the main road through the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England and Monmouthshire, Wales. (Strawberry)
4137: The '32 Lindrum cue has a badge recording the 4,137 record break scored by Walter Lindrum on January 20th 1932 when playing against Joe Davis. (Big Martin)
4138: The visitor centre at Nevado del Ruiz, a volcano west of Bogotá in Colombia, stands at an elevation of 4138 metres. (The highest point of the volcano itself is at 5321 metres.) (GuyBarry)
4139: RateBeer entry 4139 is for Shepherd Neame's Bishop's Finger. (Big Martin)
4140: 1.1 + 2.2 + 3.3 + 4.4 + 5.5 + 6.6 + 7.7 + 8.8 + 9.9 + 10.10 + 11.11 + ... + 89.89 + 90.90 = 4140. 4140 is only the third smallest integer that can be expressed in this fashion, after 11 and 605. (GuyBarry)
4141: The Sekonda 4141 is a wristwatch, described in publicity as a "stunning ladies' Sekonda watch". Is it a stunning watch for ladies, or is it a watch only for stunning ladies? (tetsabb)
4142: BS4142 is a standard for industrial noise assessment. (Big Martin)
4143: The Eastbourne parliamentary constituency was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives at this year's general election. Labour were never in the running, but their candidate Jake Lambert managed to increase his vote slightly to 4671, up from the 4143 votes he gained in 2015. (GuyBarry)
4144: All Stainless Ltd can supply a BSP hexagon nipple 316 to ISO4144 standard. (Big Martin)
4145: Fancy a vacation in Florida? You could book rooms at 4145 By The Sea, a "tropical styled boutique inn" located at 4145 Bougainvilla Dr., Lauderdale by the Sea. (GuyBarry)
4146: Parliamentary Question 4146 was asked by Chris Ruane of Vale of Clwyd about water pollution incidents. Rather worrying, if you ask me. [And that was back in 2017! - Ed.] (tetsabb)
4147: This online atlas shows all 4,147 hillforts in the UK and Ireland. (Big Martin)
4148: Minor planet 4148 was named in honour of Paul McCartney. (The other Beatles are 4147, 4149 and 4150.) (GuyBarry)
4149: 4149 Central Avenue is an album by Jim Driscoll. (Big Martin)
4150: 4150 is equal to the sum of the fifth powers of its decimal digits: 45 + 15 + 55 + 05 = 1024 + 1 + 3125 + 0 = 4150. (GuyBarry)
4151: Slater's Plastikard item 4151 is a pack of 10 OO gauge 3-link wagon couplings. (Big Martin)
4152: Four One Five Two is the debut album of Chicago Illinois's Sundowner, the acoustic side-project from Chris McCaughan, singer guitarist of The Lawrence Arms. The album takes its name from McCaughan's childhood home address. (GuyBarry)
4153: 4153 on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is Cephalophus zebra, commonly known as the Banded or Zebra Duiker. (Big Martin)
4154: The 33rd G8 summit, held in Heiligendamm in northern Germany, issued 4154 words on climate change, about twice as many as any summit before. (GuyBarry)
4155: Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire ID4155 relates to Aboukir A125, a hoard of 620 coins found there in 1902. (Big Martin)
4156: Deer Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, has a surface area of 4156 acres. (GuyBarry)
4157: The Bruel and Kjaer Type 4157 is an ear simulator. (Big Martin)
4158: The Jungfrau in Switzerland, one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, is 4158 metres high. (GuyBarry)
4159: The Playtex 4159 is an 18 hour active lifestyle wirefree bra. (Big Martin)
4160: 4160Tuesdays is a perfume shop in London. They say: "If we live until we're 80, we have 4160 Tuesdays. So on a Tuesday, do something different. At the moment, we're using ours to make perfume." Which makes me wonder what they do for the rest of the week. (In fact there are 4174 or 4175 Tuesdays in 80 years.) (GuyBarry)
4161: The SCOR4161 wedge is a type of golf club. (Big Martin)
4162: I have walked the entire length of the A4162 in north-west Bristol, from Sea Mills to Westbury-on-Trym (1.7 miles). It's not very exciting. (GuyBarry)
4163: The Mercedes-Benz Arocs 4163 is a tow truck. Link (Big Martin)
4164: The 1948 Giro d'Italia was cycled over a total distance of 4164 km. (GuyBarry)
4165: The summit of the Breithorn in the Monte Rosa group of the Alps is 4,165 metres above sea level. (Big Martin)
4166: If you collected a million pre-decimal pennies, you'd have ended up with £4166 13s 4d (or just under £4166.67 in decimal). (GuyBarry)
4167: UK government biography 4167 is for Baroness Benjamin. (Big Martin)
4168: Research by Eric D. Hirsch, cited by the US company Flocabulary, found that a child in the middle of the family income range will know, on average, 6020 words. A child in the bottom 25% of the income range will know just 4168 words. (GuyBarry)
4169: The world's largest active shield volcano is Mauna Loa, which has an elevation of 4169 metres. (Olinguito)
4170: Colquechaca is the highest city in Bolivia, at 4170 metres above sea level. (GuyBarry)
4171: Massachusetts bases band South Shore Rave used to be called Push 4171. (Big Martin)
4172: A link to a page for a Pumpkin Patch Sign includes the number 4172. (Strawberry)
4173: 417.3 are a band from Rostov-on-Don. (Big Martin)
4174: The A4174, or so-called "Avon Ring Road", is the number that was assigned to a collection of incomplete projects around Bristol over the last forty years or so. In no sense is it a full ring road. (GuyBarry)
4175: Drexel 4175 is a music manuscript commonplace book from the seventeenth century, now in New York Public Library from the Performing Arts. It belonged to Ann Twice, who is believed to have lived in Gloucester around 1620. (GuyBarry)
4176: 4176 Sudek (1987 DS) is a Themistian main-belt asteroid discovered on the 27th of February, 1987, by Antonin Mrkos at Klat. It is named after the Czech photographer Josef Sudek (1896-1976). On the 21st of January, 2014, asteroid Sudek, at magnitude 15.5, occulted the star 2UCAC 39655315, at magnitude 11. 8. This event was visible over parts of Japan and China. (Strawberry)
4177: A study conducted in 2011 found that 4177 multinational firms were headquartered in developing countries, as against 12356 in developed countries. (GuyBarry)
4178: In September 2017 Medivir announced that development of JNJ-4178 for Hepatitis C was being discontinued. (Big Martin)
4179: Asterix and Obelix were always swearing "by Toutatis", the name of a Celtic god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain. Little did they know he'd end up giving his name to minor planet 4179 (an Asterix-oid?). (GuyBarry)
4180: Tyrone Rivers, better known by his stage name Pill, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. In early 2009, Pill's first mixtape 4180: The Prescription, and his first single "Trap Goin' Ham" were released. (Strawberry)
4181: 4181 is a number in the Fibonacci Sequence. (Big Martin)
4182: At Tesco.com, the Catalogue Number for the Medium Kraft Reindeer Box, is 294-4182. There is a Dunkin' Donuts at 1100, New Haven Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770, United States. The phone number is 203-729-4182. (Strawberry)
4183: One of the more surprising results in the 2017 election was at Warwick and Leamington, which Labour gained from the Conservatives on a 7.6% swing. UKIP's vote slumped to just 799 from 4183 in 2015. (GuyBarry)
4184: American Eagle Flight 4184 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Indianapolis, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois, United States. On the 31st of October, 1994, the ATR 72 performing this route flew into severe icing conditions, lost control and crashed into a soybean field. All 68 people aboard were killed in the high speed impact. (Strawberry)
4185: In 1998, 4185 people lost their lives in mainland China due to the unusually high rainfall in the wet season. (GuyBarry)
4186: Studio4186 has a number of photos on the internet. (Big Martin)
4187: 4187 is the 53rd pentagonal number. There are 4187 distinct dots in a pattern of dots consisting of the outlines of regular pentagons with sides up to 53 dots, when the pentagons are overlaid so that they share one vertex (as shown in the diagram). (GuyBarry)
4188: MGM Records' LP album E4188 is Talk Back Trembling Lips by Johnny Tillotson released in 1963. (Big Martin)
4189: Parliamentary written question UIN 4189, asked by Darren Jones (Bristol North West) on 11 July 2017, was: "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what regional impact assessments his Department has conducted to measure the economic consequences of the Government’s model for leaving the EU; and what method of consultation and representation his Department has implemented with local authorities in the South West on negotiations with the EU and on the UK’s future relationship with the EU." (GuyBarry)
4190: The F W Bell 4190 is a gaussmeter. (Big Martin)
4191: Amazon's British subsidiary employed 4191 people at the end of 2012. (GuyBarry)
4192: 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King is a documentary following the exploits and achievements of Pete Rose, a baseball player. (Strawberry)
4193: The Perrin and Rowe 4193CPWPC is listed as a "traditional Ionian two-hole mixer tap". I'm not sure where the "Ionian" bit comes in. (Big Martin)
4194: NGC 4194, the Medusa merger, is a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. A region of extreme star formation 500 ly (150 pc) across exists in the centre of the Eye of Medusa, the central gas-rich region. (Strawberry)
4195: The main character in Antz, voiced by Woody Allen, is called Z-4195 (or "Z" for short). (GuyBarry)
4196: Tootis Gelato Bar is at 5a/ 6a, Bedford Place, Southampton, SO15-2DB. The phone number is 023 8063 4196. (Strawberry)
4197: The number of passengers going through Brest Airport in Belarus in 2013 was 4197. (GuyBarry)
4198: At brakes.co.uk, the code for La Boulangerie Chota Naan, is F4198. (Strawberry)
4199: 4199 is the product of three successive primes: 13 x 17 x 19. (GuyBarry)
4200: The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class are a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. (Strawberry)

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