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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/37/1a
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/91/1a
TitleLetter. J. H. de Magellan (London) to James Watt (Birmingham).
LevelItem
Date28 August 1781
Description[He has sent the book with Mr Steward. His nervous disease confines him to the house. He had hoped to see Mr Perier's machine at work before leaving Paris. The building is superb. Mr Perier's undertaking. Problems with some of the copying machines, and charges made on them. Encloses the programme of the Academy of St Petersburg, where Blakey's fire engine improvements are praised]. Enclosing MS 3219/4/91/1b.
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