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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/1/12/42
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/12/42
TitleLetter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham).
LevelItem
Date11 July 1790
Description[Docket reads 15th] July 1790. 2 pages. [He has been assisting Mr Taylor with his paper on dyeing. His work will lessen when the foreign clerk returns. Messrs. Baker & Co. will begin dyeing blacks and dark colours. Mr Ainsworth, bleacher, may order an engine.The smoke consuming power of the engine has made a strong impression. Thomas Henry's accident while dissecting a body. Sends copies of his paper on the mine of Anglezark. His fossils are on the way from Hull. Description of his excursion into Derbyshire with Mr Lee. Geology. Ecton Mine].
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