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MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977
3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895
485 - Special Subjects and Correspondents. Aimé Argand, the hydraulic ram, 1785—1787; 1797—1799 (23 items).* - 1785—1799
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MS 3147/3/485/12
Title
Letter. James Watt (Soho) to Ambrose Weston (38 Fenchurch St.). 4 Dec. 1797.
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Date
4 Dec 1797
Description
Summarised by Hazleton “Concerning the new invention for raising water (the hydraulic ram I presume) and drawing up the patent, and whether it is desirable to have Argand’s name in it. Remarks upon Trevithick and Murdock.”
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