| Description | Summarised "Disposal of castings in the boat, to lessen the ransom if taken by the French. Made trials with rotative motions. Watt to take out patents for the whole family of spiral and eliptical horizontal wheels. Afraid we shall lose what we have if not patented, will be at the expense myself. Mentions models."
Dear sir,
my last was the 16th instant since which I am without any tidings of you and therefore consoled myself that no news is good news and yet I have my fears on Sunday last I received a letter from Hugh Jones and another from Jonathan Turner former advised that all is on board except the cylinder for William Kramer and that he expected its arrival as this day at Chester Turner says positively that it shall be at Chester on Tuesday morning these this day and shipped before night he also gives me a sketch of the invoice amounting to 2400 and 413 lbs to which all night the addition of the iron work and have ordered Mr. Martin to ensure 2780 lbs on board the bettys captain tilstone something from Chester to port reef or hi I have also desired Mr. Turner to write that letter to you in Cornwall and their make out an account of the cast iron goods at 14 LB per turn altogether and to signify that the other parts of these pennies are sent in the former vessel and some boy Bristol hence the Frenchman inkeri solve capture will see that these are all old pieces and nothing complete and thereby will induce to make of the ransom the easier this letter captain tilstone is to take with him all right wrote both to turn it on Jones on Sunday night and expecting a day or two to hear of bitties the Betis is sailed which with which godspeed having no visitors on Tuesday last I made some drawings of the rotative motion and I made some experiments yesterday that were perfectly satisfactory I therefore advise you that forthwith take out a pattern and that in the specification vertical spiral wheels and the whole family of elliptical horizontal wheels being described and such over rotative motions as we may know of and that has never been practised or patented I am so fully persuaded on the necessity of it that I am willing to be at the expense of the pattern out of my own purse unless we secure what we already have I am fearful we shall be deprived of the use of what we know as in a former case Robert Cameron were better described to you in conversation the excellencies or defects of the different models that I can in a letter but if you wish to have the models sent down to global say so and they shall be sent I received a letter from Mr. Wilson today in which he seems to think that Jenkins will grant me the favour I asked for my bill on something at six months which will enable me to make you yourself easy no particular news my wife and daughter are better the farmer the former desires to join in best respects to Mrs war and yourself with this yours most sincerely Matthew bond the paper bromage says is now deliverd to the waggon |