Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/5/14/38
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/51/38
TitleLetter. Richard Lovell Edgworth (——) to James Watt (Glasgow).
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Date07 August 1813
DescriptionThe following has been written in pencil on the address side: 'Opened thro' mistake by Jas. Watt, M.D. 6 Argyle Street'. Ab[ou]t steam carriages [and steam canal boats]. 'I have always thought that steam would become the universal Lord......an iron rail road would be a cheaper thing than a road of the common construction...'
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