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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819
3 - Unbound outgoing letters - 1767 - 1796
1 - Unbound copy press letters to various people - 1777 - 1781
Ref No
MS 3219/4/2/3/1/12
Finding Number
MS 3219/4/125/12
Title
Copy-press letter. James Watt (Birmingham) to Erasmus Darwin (——).
Level
Item
Date
06? May 1779
Description
[Opinions on Darwin's horizontal mill, summarised from Mr Smeaton. 'I have fallen on a way of copying writing chemically which beats your bigrapher hollow. I can copy a whole short letter in 5 minutes.'].
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