Ref NoMS 3147/3/10/25
TitleLetter. Matthew Boulton (Chacewater) to James Watt (Harper’s Hill)
LevelItem
Date17 September 1786
DescriptionThe address and docket are on a separate wrapper. Docketed “About steam carriages.” Summarised “Ravenhead engine. Should put a dozen engines in hand. About the insult received at the mines. The Hornblowers. Wheal Virgin requires as large an engine as Watt can construct. The advantages of double-acting pumps. About removal of Cornish engines to Ireland. Valuable remarks on Murdock and the wheel carriage.”
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FormatItem
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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