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along been his hope (however romantic it may prove) that he
might come to do more for his Majesty's service as well as his
own benefit by diligent observation than by manual labour.

It was an ambition that took him at a very early age to
contribute some thing to the advancement of the art of Shipbuilding;
and in that view he has for several years at leisure times
been employing himself in and gaining an insight into those
sciences from whence what--ever light that art is capable of receiving
must certainly be drawn, I mean Mathematics, Mechanics and Chymistry:
the two former with a view to the form of vessels,
the latter with a view to the materials

It is now a little more than a twelvemonth that he has been
out of his time. Since then, though his name has not been
upon the Books he has constantly continued his attendance
at the Yards.

In dDesirous of taking every possible method of improving
himself he has visited every Yard in the Kingdom: and in
the same view he has been twice to Sea. In the Spring he
went round from Chatham to Portsmouth with Capt:n Bazely
in the Formidable: and in Autumn he went was out in Adm. Keppel's fleet
on the second cruize.

Identifier: | JB/538/303/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-02-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	303	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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