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Price of the tubes of various diameters for the above purpose
various lengths exclusive of the price of soldering the lengths which may amount
to about 5 per Cent and the expence of breaking up and covering
a ground. These are the prices at which Pipes for the conveyance of Water
underground made in copper coated with a composition supposed to be preferable to tin as sold
by Mess.rs J & C Wyat, New Bridge Street: to which is to be added his expence of soldering 80 feet able
Foot Feet
Employ'd in the composition of the tube that answered the purpose160 || 1/2| 1 d|1000|200|300|400|500|600|660=|1/8 Mile|1/4 Mile|1/2 Mile|1 Mile | (about 5 pr Cent) and that of breaking up & covering the ground.
Foot £ s d|£ s d| £ s d| £ s d| £ s d| £ s d| £ s d|dist 1g|g £ s d| £ s d| £ s d| £ s d|
100* 3/4 0 .0 51/2|1 11.3| 3:2.6|4.13.9:6.5.0|7.16.:3|9.7.6| as| 10.6.3|20.12.6|41.5.0|82.1.0|
222* 1 1/2
36* 11/2 0.0.91/2|3:19.2| 7:18.4|11.17.6!15.15.8|19.15.10|23.15.023.15.0| 26:2.6| 52.5.0|52.5.0|104:10.0|203:0:0|
366
1 1/2| 0 1 |5.0.0|10..0.0|15.0.0|20:0:0|25:0:0|30:0:0| 33:0:0|66:0:0|132:0:0|264:0:0|
1 3/4|0 1 2| 5.16.8|11.13.4|17:10:0|23:6:8|29:3:4:|35::0|38:10:0|77:0:0|154:0:0|308:0:0|
2 |0 1.4|6.13.4|13:6:8|20:0:0|26:13:4|33:6.8|40:0:0|44:0:0|88:0:0|176:0:0|352:0:0|
2 1/2|0 1:6|7.10.0|15.0:0|22:10:0|30:0:0|37:10.0|45:0:0:| 49:10:0|99:0:0|198:0:0|396:0:0|
3 | 0 1:8| 8.6:8|16:13:4|258:0:0|33:6:8|46:13.4|50:0:0|55:0:0|110:0:0|220:0:0|440:0:0|
3 1/2| 0 2:2| 10;16:8|21:13:4|32:10:0|43:6:8|54.3.4|65:0:0|71:10:0|143:0:0|286:0:0|572:0:0|
4. |0.2.6|12:10:0|25:0:0|37:10:0|50:0:0|62:0:0|75:0:0|82:10:|165:0:0|330:0:0|660:0:0|
Length
Feet Bore
11 Foot 1/2 Inches|--5|
Total 366
|| Would || Employ'd and failed the purpose * Employ'd and succeeded. See the experiments * The respective lengths emplyd in the composing the total length of 366 which answered the purpose perfectly
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Portable Apparatus for Camps &c Might not theya communication of this sort be of use in camps to convey orders from Head Quartersand Requests
in Garrison towns Forts or even or stationary Camps? From the prices it It may seem from the prices
that a Mile of tube would might not require load more that two or three single horse Carts. Of the
As much as comes to about £132 weighs about a Tonand that length might be put together by soldering in a very few hours. Of the plates
byas much as comes to about £132 weighs about a ton. Tubes would weigh lighter at
Price by the that price: a Mile of 1 1/2 tube would therefore weigh less than 2 Ton.
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