JB/540/124/001

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Remember never in future to trust any commission to Sutherland
that can be done by any one else. The credit you have of him, at least
I suppose so though I have not received any letter from you in which
you speak of it: therefore take the money you want, but forward the
things by other people. when to Petersbourg Sharpe or Copper are the best.
You have sent me such a treasure of books that I know not how to
refrain from shutting myself up to enjoy them. Bergman I happened
to open precisely in the place where he treats of the effect of Manganese
on glass. I had already succeded pretty well in a composition for cristal
glass not much above 1/3 the price of the materials before used: but I am
impatient now to profit pursue the inprovement farther. I shall not
however have leisure for a week or two. Do look out for an Chemical
Experimenter a young man who with an insatiable thirst for knowledge
has had an education proper to qualify assist him in his researches for it.
one who wants only the means. Anderson must know or be able to
hear of many such. Here I could furnish him with objects enough
to occupy him such as tend to the improvent of the sevrel establishments
here. Cheapness of labour of fuel of utensils such as these of Glass
of wood of Iron of the pottery and of substances such as Potash
Nitre, Ardent spirits &c. are advantages by which experiments might
be made on a great scale. I am not acquainted with the best way
of extracting turpentine & tar from the fir tree, especially the former.
a pretty good furnace for extracting the tar is lately erected here
I hope however to improve it. I hope to be able to empty out the
charcoal f residuum while it is yet hot though not sufficiently
so to catch fire and by that means fill in with fresh tar-yielding wood

Identifier: | JB/540/124/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1784-11-22	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	124	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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