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<p><head>Letter of Foster Petersburgh.</head></p> | |||
<p><head>N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 1.</head></p> | |||
<p>There are three young Russians I understand in England<lb/> | |||
to learn Ship-building: but they are only in Merchant’s<lb/> | |||
Yards. The King’s Yards are by the rules of the service<lb/> | |||
<del>necessarily</del> <add>altogether</add> inaccessible to them <add>as foreigners</add>. I question whether<lb/> | |||
the Empress has any <del>workmen</del> <add>persons in her service</add> who have <del>worked</del> brought<lb/> | |||
up in any of those yards: certainly none of any <del>tolerable</del><lb/> | |||
education. <del>My Brother</del> I dare affirm that my Brother<lb/> | |||
is the only person in his line at this time in England<lb/> | |||
who is of any tolerable family & education, & who<lb/> | |||
has any improving views. In the mere routine of practise<lb/> | |||
he has <del>had</del> & will have had more <del>opportunities</del> <add>means</add> of getting<lb/> | |||
information than can <del>ordinarily</del> fall to the lot of a working<lb/> | |||
Shipwright. He served the first part of his time in Woolwich<lb/> | |||
yard, the latter part at Chatham, and is now going<lb/> | |||
to Portsmouth for 6 months. Portsmouth is the yard from<lb/> | |||
which the greatest quantity of business is done: that being the<lb/> | |||
place for fitting out, as Chatham is for building.<lb/> | |||
Peter the Great <add><del>I know</del></add> learnt Ship building by working at it<lb/> | |||
with his own hands <del>but he was not confined to work</del>: <add>I know it. But he gave himself time to</add><lb/> | |||
inspect as well as to work: nor was he confined to work<lb/> | |||
always upon a particular part of the ship under<lb/> | |||
the orders of a Quarterman. My Brother has a <add>decked <del><gap/></del></add> vessel<lb/> | |||
<del>made</del> <add>built</add> years ago under his direction, and partly by<lb/> | |||
his own hands. <add>It is about 10 or 12 tons.</add> He built it partly for instruction, &<lb/> | |||
partly for experiment, and has made <add>several</add> little voyages in<lb/> | |||
it.</p> | |||
<p><head>N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 2</head></p> | |||
<p><del>He has demonstrated <gap/></del> <add>He is not wholly unversed in Mathematics.</add> About a year and a<lb/> | |||
half ago he <add><del>He has written</del></add> drew up a demonstration of the propositions<lb/> | |||
contained in the 5<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> book of Euclid <del>experience</del> <add>on</add><lb/> | |||
a <del>plan</del> method <del>is</del> much more perspicuous and concise<lb/> | |||
than Euclid’s and upon principles somewhat different.<lb/> | |||
<add>He</add></p> | |||
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25
Letter of Foster Petersburgh.
No 1.
There are three young Russians I understand in England
to learn Ship-building: but they are only in Merchant’s
Yards. The King’s Yards are by the rules of the service
necessarily altogether inaccessible to them as foreigners. I question whether
the Empress has any workmen persons in her service who have worked brought
up in any of those yards: certainly none of any tolerable
education. My Brother I dare affirm that my Brother
is the only person in his line at this time in England
who is of any tolerable family & education, & who
has any improving views. In the mere routine of practise
he has had & will have had more opportunities means of getting
information than can ordinarily fall to the lot of a working
Shipwright. He served the first part of his time in Woolwich
yard, the latter part at Chatham, and is now going
to Portsmouth for 6 months. Portsmouth is the yard from
which the greatest quantity of business is done: that being the
place for fitting out, as Chatham is for building.
Peter the Great I know learnt Ship building by working at it
with his own hands but he was not confined to work: I know it. But he gave himself time to
inspect as well as to work: nor was he confined to work
always upon a particular part of the ship under
the orders of a Quarterman. My Brother has a decked vessel
made built years ago under his direction, and partly by
his own hands. It is about 10 or 12 tons. He built it partly for instruction, &
partly for experiment, and has made several little voyages in
it.
No 2
He has demonstrated He is not wholly unversed in Mathematics. About a year and a
half ago he He has written drew up a demonstration of the propositions
contained in the 5th book of Euclid experience on
a plan method is much more perspicuous and concise
than Euclid’s and upon principles somewhat different.
He
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