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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/9/1b
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/63/1b
TitleLetter. William Small (——) to James Watt (Glasgow).
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Date05 February 1769 - 07 February 1769
Description5 and 7 February 1769. [Advice for drawing up the specifications for the steam engine improvements. Suggests they meet to discuss the business. James Watt’s invention for measuring distances. An American friend has developed a means of making nitrate very cheaply. 'Come to live in England as soon as you can']. (Muirhead. no. 42). Also transcribed in James Watt and the Steam Revolution by E.Robinson and A.E. Musson, section 6, pp. 54-56.
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