Ref NoMS 3147/3/6/30
TitleLetter. Matthew Boulton (Whitehall, Chacewater) to James Watt (Harper’s Hill)
LevelItem
Date07 October 1782
DescriptionDocketed “The crushing of the tubes of Ale & Cakes boiler. "Summarised “Accident with Ale & Cakes boiler. Boulton attends Gwennap church. Hornblowers tubular metallic cold surface would not answer (they made it of lead) – put in lieu thereof a copper diaphragm, called a splash pan. If we proceed it must be for pressing with steam a piston. (Shorthand first noticed.)”
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FormatItem
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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