| Description | Lord Abercorn needs an engine for his new colliery at Duddingston. The agent, Walter Scott, will not make an agreement about it until he has heard from Boulton & Watt, therefore can they send an estimate. Wishes to meet with Matthew Boulton to discuss "machinery on the iron branch". Is going to Gosport to examine Mr. Cort’s patent bar-iron making process. Have Boulton & Watt powered any forges or slitting mills by steam. Encloses [a letter?] from Dr. Black. |