| Description | Summarised "Vessel with Pool engine to be ransomed if taken. Boulton with Smeaton, and what he can grind into corn per hour. Boulton proposes to raise water for wheels to grind corn and not have a crank engine. Account of Wasbrough’s model."
Dear Sir
I am just favoured with yours of the 26 instant by William sorry turn that pool engine is not on board as Mr Francis has expressed himself very anxiously about it and I know the concern is short of the stand for want of it however you could do no more there run send an express which was certainly right and I hope will have to desired effect the county must be ordered to ransom in case of capture and the insurer must be acquainted with the circumstance I think something had better be ordered to ensure as I suppose almost all the other cinders will be ready in a very few weeks Hugh Jones should be desired to provide another vessel a Rochester or Liverpool pray where is Williamson he seems to be very quiet in this business or yesterday went with some of the commissions and smitten down the river to see the kingsmills and a place for the intended engine mill which is convenient for injection water they will in about a year hence want another small engine to renew bread house intended to be built in returning home in the same boat with mate and he said he could grind 8 bushels of wheat per hour with a supply of 4000 cubic feet of rain per minute 1 foot high to the degree of find the switch it is now ground to at the kingsmills but by a very fine flour was wanted it would take 5000 cubic feet or 5500 cubic feet of pressure permanent falling one something to grind 8 bushels per hour we have millstones 4 feet diameter and the flower very fine hence 4000 cubic feet times 60 minutes equals 2400 thousand cubic feet times 2 which equals cubic fee of 480,000 which is sufficient to grind 16 bushels of corn and that quantity of water may be raised by 1 bushel of Karl to the height of 1 foot but as there will be some deficiency comparing water by measure against pressure by calculation I will suppose it will take one 110th or bushel of coal to grind 16% wasp recalled mail a Bristol ground four bushels of corn with a bushel of car which is little more than 1/4 now as we attended the board together to give an opinion upon the business of the day I mentioned in someone's presence without conversation respecting the rising water align it to the grinding of corn snake and then said if we would undertake the raising of the water he would undertake to apply in such way as to produce the aforesaid effect the board seem to think they should not run the risk of new projects and seemed very employable to erect an engine to rise water and to reject the crank the board then showed us whisperer model which was finally painted the wheel work of brass and a brass cylinder with two borders and other childish matters but they had not applied any two wheel with half the number of teeth of the first nor any balanced way now Sir tell me which or what method you would wish to have applied to this mill and I can manage to have it adopted I'm obliged to offender board against again attending the board again on Monday and deliver some general proposals and then I shall take a final leave I must return through Daventry at Mr fothergill's request to do some business for him pray let's go no I have heard of some shell but I ask £20 per hundredweight and I also tell him that young ray bone told me to day they at a few something of something to sell at their Birmingham house and this or it may be applied for wishing you better health and I remain yours sincerely Matthew Boulton
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