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in conversation, I have not spoke with him, nor could I
as yet get any account of the method to be pursued —
But as I have seen a Model of a Saw..Mill which is to
be erected, and which this Mechanician has approved of,
I can safely venture to say that he is totally unacquainted
with the main Principles of Mechanics, or at least
unable to profit by them in judging of the most simple
Machines. It was an Engine work'd by Men, tho'
on the very Banks of so rapid a River; two Men,
they suppose will be sufficient, but it will at least
require twelve, whereas the same work without the
Machine would be done by Ten.

This Model was bought by a friend of Farmer General
in this Part of Russia who being in favour with the
Minister, gets all the Contracts, establishes all kinds
of Manufactories, undertakes every thing, and monopolises
all Trade

It was at the House of the Governor of the whole
Province that I saw it; and while I was there it
received the approbation & praises of a young Man
who is come into that Country, as he told me himself,
to enlighten the People, and to teach the young
Nobility natural Philosophy as far as their Comprehensions
would permit. This Wonderworker at the same time
receiv'd the Governor's order to set about the making
such a one, and one only at a time, on account
of the Caution which I took the liberty of giving him.

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