| Description | Belives United Mines will ask Richard Trevithick and Edward Bull for engines – they are “in wonderful repute”. Trevithick proposes to erect a whim engine at Ale & Cakes mine. Rumours about the court case against Maberely. Attitudes of the “patent breakers” in Cornwall. Thoughts on the court case, his testimony and his own experiments with separate condensers. United Mines’ plans. Bull’s erection of an engine Wheal Sparnon bought from Poldice mine, and his plans for working it without a cylinder cover. He has been ordered to prepare nozzle drawings for an engine for Ale & Cakes mine. Bull’s legal costs. Trevithick’s belief that Cornwall has paid Boulton & Watt enough money, and that the case will go against Boulton & Watt. Wishes he had gone to Birmingham with William Murdock. |