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Ref NoMS 3147/3/8/13
TitleLetter. Matthew Boulton (Cusgarne) to James Watt (Birmingham)
LevelItem
Date22 July 1784
DescriptionSummarised “Sketches [in the text] and comments upon the design and working of the rotative whim engine. Boulton’s scheme to stop Brown [i.e. William Murdock] and his carriage. Wants Watt to erect the double acting engine and test the piston rod. Hornblower picking the bones of Watt’s specification. Lawson makes sections of the mines for the adventurers. Watt’s endless rope. Wolf, trumpeters and wasp all ghosts.”
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FormatItem
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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