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June 5 Monday. Have just been with Anderson to
Sharp's — S. not at home. All the things in your list we saw.
2 Chaff-cutters with ) Sharp keeps them ready made. £ - s - d
double knives at ) 5.15.6 11 - 11 - 0
1 Drill-plough for single dropping 6 - 6 - 0
1 Horse-hoe — — — — — — 4 - 4 - 0.
1 Kentish Plough — — — — — — — 6 - 6 - 0
The other half page contained the
N.B. this is upon a late improvement:
the old one is but
£4-4s.0. In This the expanding
part changes from one
side to the other gradually by the
turning of a wheel, instead of locking
off and on.
1 Jointed Horse-rake — — — — — — 4 - 4 - 0
1 Winnowing Machine * — — — — — 10 - 10 - 0
1 Hand-mill for Beans, Barley ) 5 - 5 - 0
&c or Malt-bruiser — — — — )
1 Quern-stone Mill £18 - 18 - 0) 25 - 6 0
with bolting annexed 6 - 6 - 0 )
1 wheelbarrow for manuring with ) 3 - 3 - 0
Lime — — — — — — — )
.B. There was remarkably little)
in this for the money — Anderson)
said it was extravagantly )
dear — — — — — — — — —
Turnip slicers at 8-18-6 17 - 17 - 0
1 Four-wheeled rolling Waggon 63. 0 - 0
1 Single-shafted Cart 21 - 0 0
1 Double-shafted Cart — — — — — 30 - 0 - 0
£208. 8 - 0
There was a weighing engine which weighs
as far as 4 Tons for £10 - 10. Anderson commend
it much for its exactness & simplicity. He says
it is the only cheap thing there. A pretty iron
Roller made in two as to turn very easily
& very sharply; for with a ballance to the handle,
so that when you let it go the handle does
not fall into the dirt, at 2 or 3 gs: A very
pretty barrow which Anderson commends much
for its simplicity at £0 - 15s - 0. It turns over
with great ease by being narrow in front, & by
having the handles stand out wide prevents
your arms from rubbing against your body.
A pair of Shiers for 15s which are not forced
asunder by power of gravel or hard sticks. The knife
part
The method we propose for naming the characteristic
parts of figures in mathemat diagrams
may be stiled characteristic: as being expressive
of the relations they bear to the other parts: the
common method by A, B, C, &c is un characteristic.
Ais man that Anderson knows is making
by order 1000 canteens for the army, upon
a new plan — They are what Soldiers use for carrying their
drink. They are slung by their sides. Till now
they have been made of Tin, & were liable
to rust & be battered &c. This man knows
Mac-culloch has invented a pretty way
of he applying strings to a Harpsichord, so
that the two must always be in exact
unison. The 2 consist of one which is
doubled turning round a pin . A. one end
of the string B. the pin: C.the other end. At A
the string is fixed: at C it is lightened or slackened
by a screw. He has not yet applied
it to practise not does he mean to do it,
as the Harpsichord must be made on purpose,
& he has business enough of other
kinds.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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