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Ref NoMS 3147/3/483/21
TitleLetter. Thomas Grahame (Glasgow) to James Watt Jr. (Aston Hall). 20 Oct. 1830.
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Date20 Oct 1830
DescriptionDocketed “Sends, in a box of game, a report of the trial of the Cyclops with a low pressure engine and a paddle wheel at stern. Sends also drawing of the Cyclops, and one of the twin boat building at Manchester for high pressure engines. About to start a horse boat, to go and return from Edinburgh in 6½ hours. Will not be satisfied with less than 16 miles an hour by steam!! Enquires about his guns.”
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