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Ref NoMS 3219/4/3/1/9
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/127/9
TitleLetter. James Watt (Birmingham) to Joseph Black (Edinburgh).
LevelItem
Date13 January 1779
DescriptionOuter page of letter has various calculations on it. [Matthew Boulton returned from London with Mr Perier who has bargained for engines to raise water in Paris. The Soho book- keeper has not left. Possible situations for Black’s brother in London. He saw cast iron in Cornwall made soft by the vitriolic water in the mines, but forgot to collect a specimen]. (Partners no. 40)
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