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Send me any books or intelligence about the construction of Chimnees, and in general
the warming of houses. Though artificial warmth is so necessary here and fuel so
very dear yet the heat is terribly wasted. The Theory however of these matters I am
pretty well acquainted with send me therefore an account only of any new inventions
there may chance to be on this subject. The Swedish Stoves appear to be the best.
I am sure you must deserve a scolding. You must have received two or three letters in
which I have beg'd you to send by the most expeditious method "Div:" and "Experimenting",
which were both left with you to be cooked up. Send it by way of Frazer and directed
to Sir James Harris or rather in a cover to him and it will cost me nothing, I have told you
long ago of his having given me this permission: do pray make use of it. I now again wish
to hear from you every post but in any other manner that would cost too much money.
Yes I do believe that something may be done with my hospitable friend without even any
capital at all. Where men who can work with an ax
are to be had for the expense
of 40 shillings enlish a year and Wood for nothing at all Shipbuilding & mechanical
may certainly be tried cheap enough. The man has a monstrous
some English manufactories established on his estates, he would give
as would come for that purpose land enough to furnish themselves with all necessaries
such as corn fodure for cattle &c. Wood to build with and burn. He would build them
also a Church and would let them govern themselves by their own laws and insure
the continuance of these priviledges after his death, and all this for the satisfaction
of having such people without any profit to himself except what would arise from his
towns being more frequented on account of the sale of the products of the manufactories.
All this however is not my affair; if he will pay the Salaries to one and every
such people Mosberry and let me have the employing them and divide the
profits from our works between himself and me I am then his man.
In that case I think I should try a good parcel of experiments and get some pretty
pickings. A few oil mills the making of a few hundred Masts the building
Vessels for the black sea trade &c would not fail to yield something considerable.
Matters however are not yet determined here and I must think of what is at present in hand.
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Samuel Bentham |
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