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<head><foreign>Nigno Jaghilsky </foreign><sic>Fabrick</sic> August 30<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>OS. 1781 | <head><foreign>Nigno Jaghilsky </foreign><sic>Fabrick</sic> August 30<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>OS. 1781 | ||
</head><p>In my last I told you <del>of</del> that the <del>time &</del> season being <add> come</add> for haymaking and<lb/>collecting <add> laying up</add> the different kinds of provisions for winter, there was a stop to all <lb/>work in the <sic>fabrick</sic> here about. I had slackened the working at my vehicle to <lb/>give time for the perfection of the machine I told you of and at the same <lb/>time to have an answer from Petersbourg about the propriety of crating it.<lb/><del> | </head> | ||
<p>In my last I told you <del>of</del> that the <del>time &</del> season being <add> come</add> for haymaking and<lb/>collecting <add> laying up</add> the different kinds of provisions for winter, there was a stop to all <lb/>work in the <sic>fabrick</sic> here about. I had slackened the working at my vehicle to <lb/>give time for the perfection of the machine I told you of and at the same <lb/>time to have an answer from Petersbourg about the propriety of crating it.<lb/><del>During</del> In the mean time I have been taking a tour of above a hundred<lb/> versts on horseback to the mines and works belonging to a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Rogodaskin<lb/>and some others belonging to a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Labakin. Rogodaskin's Coppermines<lb/>are the richest in the country. they produce sometimes upwards of 50,000 pond<lb/> of copper in a year each pond is 40 pounds. I deprived him of several pound<lb/> sterling worth of copper in the rich & curious specimens which he gave me.<lb/>I dare to say I collected in the course of this journey 8 or 10 hundred weight<lb/>of different kinds of minerals which will all make their way next summer<lb/>by water to Petersbourg. I think I shall have enough to make 2 or 3 decent<lb/>collections of the mineral productions of this country. In my way I <lb/>visited one of the highest of the Ural mountains where at present the (best <unclear>magnets</unclear> <lb/>are found. The Commander of the Fabrick belonging to the crown) nearest it <lb/>conducted me there and took half a dozen men to work in search for <lb/>some better pieces of magnet than were to be picked up of those lying loose<lb/>on the ground. I collected about a hundred weight of different sizes from<lb/>10 pound to 1/4 ounce. I have had at different times <gap/> to the <lb/>number of 4 or 5 given me mounted: the largest of these weighs <gap/> <lb/>5 pounds and lifts up 27 or '30 but among those not <del>pounded </del> <add> mounted</add> will <lb/>some stronger. One I found and <sic>work't</sic> out myself weighs about 1/2 ounce<lb/>and lifts 1/2 a pound badly mounted probably a pound when in order.<lb/>I <sic>dont</sic> know whether magnets are scarce in England or not but of such <lb/>curiosities I shall be well <sic>stockt</sic>.</p> | |||
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Nigno Jaghilsky Fabrick August 30thOS. 1781
In my last I told you of that the time & season being come for haymaking and
collecting laying up the different kinds of provisions for winter, there was a stop to all
work in the fabrick here about. I had slackened the working at my vehicle to
give time for the perfection of the machine I told you of and at the same
time to have an answer from Petersbourg about the propriety of crating it.
During In the mean time I have been taking a tour of above a hundred
versts on horseback to the mines and works belonging to a Mr Rogodaskin
and some others belonging to a Mr Labakin. Rogodaskin's Coppermines
are the richest in the country. they produce sometimes upwards of 50,000 pond
of copper in a year each pond is 40 pounds. I deprived him of several pound
sterling worth of copper in the rich & curious specimens which he gave me.
I dare to say I collected in the course of this journey 8 or 10 hundred weight
of different kinds of minerals which will all make their way next summer
by water to Petersbourg. I think I shall have enough to make 2 or 3 decent
collections of the mineral productions of this country. In my way I
visited one of the highest of the Ural mountains where at present the (best magnets
are found. The Commander of the Fabrick belonging to the crown) nearest it
conducted me there and took half a dozen men to work in search for
some better pieces of magnet than were to be picked up of those lying loose
on the ground. I collected about a hundred weight of different sizes from
10 pound to 1/4 ounce. I have had at different times to the
number of 4 or 5 given me mounted: the largest of these weighs
5 pounds and lifts up 27 or '30 but among those not pounded mounted will
some stronger. One I found and work't out myself weighs about 1/2 ounce
and lifts 1/2 a pound badly mounted probably a pound when in order.
I dont know whether magnets are scarce in England or not but of such
curiosities I shall be well stockt.
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Samuel Bentham |
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