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Ref NoMS 3147/3/72/50
TitleLetter. James Watt Jr. (London) to Boulton Watt & Co. (Soho)
LevelItem
Date29 November 1826
Description2 sheets. Docketed “Trial of Dolphin – 23 strokes, 10.49 miles per hour, all steady except pillars at cylinder – Mr. Ewart present. Several improvements suggested. Parallel motion too close to beam. Platforms very convenient. Race with the Shannon which is a very handsome vessel. Mr. Freeling seems satisfied. Copy of Ourscamp letters wanted. Vixen and Dolphin’s accounts wanted. Estimate of Dolphin’s alterations required.”
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FormatItems
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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