Record

Ref NoMS 3147/3/24/14
TitleLetter. James Watt (London) to James Watt Jr. (Soho)
LevelItem
Date12 May 1795
DescriptionDocketed “Rennie’s man Murdock. Letter from Gardner. Boring machines. Boilers crust with salt water not rust – remedy. Price of lead. Foxes. Buller. Ramsden. Mr. Hudson wants an engine.” Summarised “Remarks upon the corrosion and encrustation of boilers. Murdock’s relative to erect Smith’s engine. Mentions Gardner, Brockliss and the Foxes of Cornwall. Hudson, distiller, Battersea requires an engine.”
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FormatItem
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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