| Description | 2 sheets. Letter continued on 29 Apr. Docketed “Attempt at trial of the James Watt at Long Reach. Breakage of air pump gudgeon and side beam. One of the boilers injured by letting out the water. Speed of vessel 8¾ miles per hour at 29½ strokes per minute. The girdling has made the vessel over-stiff. Shake in the vessel increased by the straight paddles. Mr. Bennett and W. Warley to go the first voyage.” |