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Ref NoMS 3147/3/5/47
TitleLetter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to James Watt (Cusgarne).
LevelItem
Date02 October 1781
DescriptionOn the same sheet:
Transcript of memorandum. Insurance on cast iron pumps per the Portreath Trader, Bristol to Portreath.
Transcript of letter. J. Motteux & Co. (London) to Boulton & Watt. 27 Sep. 1781.
Transcript of letter. James Spedding (Whitehaven) to Richard Dearman . 27 Sep. 1781.
Docketed "Copy James Spedding’s letter."
Summarised "Insurance accounts. Concerning bad iron and Spedding’s letter thereon. Watt requires drawing paper. Watt’s bellows scheme will do. Gives expansion and other power diagrams combined. Another engine wanted, and proposes to apply it to the equalising beams."
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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