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<p>and that all mine were to be 5/8 which you will <lb/> find to <add>be</add> above twice the thickness <add>but</add> many times stronger,<lb/> and I repeated that the moment<add>um</add> of the girth occasioned<lb/> by the blow given to the filter was equal to almost<lb/> twice the weight of water.</p> | |||
<p>In that manner I answered the first objection, you <lb/> may judge whether sufficiently or not, but the next <lb/> I found more difficult. He said that the Board was<lb/> also affraid that the Captains of Men <add>of</add> Warr would like it<lb/> so well that they would not go to <sic>see</sic> unless they<lb/> had my pumps on board, and that that would occasion <lb/> trouble & <sic>expence</sic> therefore they would have nothing<lb/> to do with it. I replied that of all the answers <lb/> I ever heard none was so <gap/>-so bad as that. He <lb/> agreed with me and added that there were so many private</p> | |||
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and that all mine were to be 5/8 which you will
find to be above twice the thickness but many times stronger,
and I repeated that the momentum of the girth occasioned
by the blow given to the filter was equal to almost
twice the weight of water.
In that manner I answered the first objection, you
may judge whether sufficiently or not, but the next
I found more difficult. He said that the Board was
also affraid that the Captains of Men of Warr would like it
so well that they would not go to see unless they
had my pumps on board, and that that would occasion
trouble & expence therefore they would have nothing
to do with it. I replied that of all the answers
I ever heard none was so -so bad as that. He
agreed with me and added that there were so many private
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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