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'' | <p> trial will soon <sic>shew</sic> — Perhaps though it should not at first it<lb/> may at last — at any rate it can scarce fail to be of use <lb/>for Inland Navigation — We shall know as soon as rivers are open <lb/> What it is worth — If it ever reaches England by sea it will be <lb/> scarcely less of a <unclear>rasee</unclear>-show than the Air balloon — If it bears <lb/> the sea and the event demonstrates the received theories to be just <lb/> it should go near to supersede all other sorts of Ve4ssels & it <lb/> would have the <del>strange</del> strangest consequences with regard to haste<lb/> & politics — It has already been tried & answered as far as it <lb/> has been tried, doing in its' infant state what no other vessels could <lb/> have done; but a regular course of experiments whereby alone can <lb/> be taken the exact measure of its utility in comparison with others<lb/> cannot be made <sic>till</sic> the rivers are open — In the mean time the great <lb/> improvement has been hit on to which he trusts for its' bearing the sea.<lb/> He has carte blanche for the experiments & very busy a building <lb/> we are — It is foolish in me to run on in this manner lest it <lb/> would have cost me more pains to stop than it was worth being at — <lb/> at any rate I have given you one, yes, two, answers among many <lb/> What might be given to the question What Sam is doing — other <lb/> inventions he has, some finished some finishing, of the mechanical kind, <lb/>which if he comes to England may perhaps form part of his cargo.<lb/> — — <lb/> — — </p><!-- two lines of dashes across the page --></p> <pb/> <p>Of the accuracy of De Tot's accounts I can tell you nothing certain.<lb/> Some said it was true — others that it was lie or exaggeration.<lb/> I had no opportunity of cross examining people — The Diplomatic <lb/> people & other ranks live very much among themselves & have <lb/> little opportunity of <del>going</del> knowing what is going forward among the <lb/> Turks on the other side of the harbour — The account I could <lb/> give you on the authenticity & verity of Habesci's publication would <lb/> be about equally satisfactory.</p> — — <!-- line of dashes across the page --> <pb/> <p> The day has abundance more hours in it than at Crichoff<lb/> or rather at our cottage 3 miles off where I now live altogether, <lb/> than any where in England — I rise a little before the Sun, <lb/> <add> get</add> </p> | ||
trial will soon shew — Perhaps though it should not at first it
may at last — at any rate it can scarce fail to be of use
for Inland Navigation — We shall know as soon as rivers are open
What it is worth — If it ever reaches England by sea it will be
scarcely less of a rasee-show than the Air balloon — If it bears
the sea and the event demonstrates the received theories to be just
it should go near to supersede all other sorts of Ve4ssels & it
would have the strange strangest consequences with regard to haste
& politics — It has already been tried & answered as far as it
has been tried, doing in its' infant state what no other vessels could
have done; but a regular course of experiments whereby alone can
be taken the exact measure of its utility in comparison with others
cannot be made till the rivers are open — In the mean time the great
improvement has been hit on to which he trusts for its' bearing the sea.
He has carte blanche for the experiments & very busy a building
we are — It is foolish in me to run on in this manner lest it
would have cost me more pains to stop than it was worth being at —
at any rate I have given you one, yes, two, answers among many
What might be given to the question What Sam is doing — other
inventions he has, some finished some finishing, of the mechanical kind,
which if he comes to England may perhaps form part of his cargo.
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Of the accuracy of De Tot's accounts I can tell you nothing certain.
Some said it was true — others that it was lie or exaggeration.
I had no opportunity of cross examining people — The Diplomatic
people & other ranks live very much among themselves & have
little opportunity of going knowing what is going forward among the
Turks on the other side of the harbour — The account I could
give you on the authenticity & verity of Habesci's publication would
be about equally satisfactory.
— —
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The day has abundance more hours in it than at Crichoff
or rather at our cottage 3 miles off where I now live altogether,
than any where in England — I rise a little before the Sun,
get
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