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<p>Petersburg Sept<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 31<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> OS 1783</p> <p>In my last in which I told you of my being taken into the Empress's<lb/>service, I believe I mentioned to you a project in contemplation between <lb/>Capper & me for the erecting of an oil mill for the making hemp<lb/>and linseed oil, and another mill for the splitting of iron bars.</p> <p>The oil mill being the least expensive and intended to be worked by <lb/>oxen so as for a fall of water to be unnecessary, | <p>Petersburg Sept<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 31<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> OS 1783</p> <p>In my last in which I told you of my being taken into the Empress's<lb/>service, I believe I mentioned to you a project in contemplation between <lb/>Capper & me for the erecting of an oil mill for the making hemp<lb/>and linseed oil, and another mill for the splitting of iron bars.</p> <p>The oil mill being the least expensive and intended to be worked by <lb/>oxen so as for a fall of water to be unnecessary, <del> was</del> is to be erected first, <lb/>and he has accordingly brought with him from England a model <lb/>according to the process used there, and has one or two men ready to <lb/>come out here to work the machine as soon as it is ready, which we hope<lb/>it will be by the spring.</p> <p> The iron splitting machine is a more expensive<lb/>concern as it requires a greater force, and it is thought necessary<lb/>to have a fall of water to work it with. We have therefore been looking <lb/>out for a place possessed of this natural <foreign><hi rend="underline"><unclear>prissum</unclear> mobile</hi></foreign> upon the <lb/>supposition of its being necessary for the splitting machine, and we <lb/>seem to have determined that if such a place is to be found<lb/>within a short days journey of <del>this place</del> Petersbourg and with a <lb/>water communication that it would be better to erect the oil mill <lb/>at the same place though <add> for this </add> <gap/> be used as the <foreign>prissum mobile</foreign>; <lb/>and this for the <sic>conveniency</sic> of having both machines under one's <lb/>eye at the same time.</p> <p> It is also to be wished to have the absolute<lb/>property of the head of water which is to serve <del>of</del> for the <lb/> <foreign>prissum mobile</foreign> and for this purpose the estate <add> in which it is contained</add> must be brought.<lb/>By having a quantity of arable land where the oil mill is erected<lb/>we may be able by cultivating it ourselves to profit of the immense <lb/>quantity of ox dung which will be made, not from the oxen which<lb/>are kept as a <foreign>prissum mobile,</foreign> but from those which are fattened for<lb/>sale by being fed with oil cakes.</p> <p> You may perhaps</p> | ||
Petersburg Septr 31st OS 1783
In my last in which I told you of my being taken into the Empress's
service, I believe I mentioned to you a project in contemplation between
Capper & me for the erecting of an oil mill for the making hemp
and linseed oil, and another mill for the splitting of iron bars.
The oil mill being the least expensive and intended to be worked by
oxen so as for a fall of water to be unnecessary, was is to be erected first,
and he has accordingly brought with him from England a model
according to the process used there, and has one or two men ready to
come out here to work the machine as soon as it is ready, which we hope
it will be by the spring.
The iron splitting machine is a more expensive
concern as it requires a greater force, and it is thought necessary
to have a fall of water to work it with. We have therefore been looking
out for a place possessed of this natural prissum mobile upon the
supposition of its being necessary for the splitting machine, and we
seem to have determined that if such a place is to be found
within a short days journey of this place Petersbourg and with a
water communication that it would be better to erect the oil mill
at the same place though for this be used as the prissum mobile;
and this for the conveniency of having both machines under one's
eye at the same time.
It is also to be wished to have the absolute
property of the head of water which is to serve of for the
prissum mobile and for this purpose the estate in which it is contained must be brought.
By having a quantity of arable land where the oil mill is erected
we may be able by cultivating it ourselves to profit of the immense
quantity of ox dung which will be made, not from the oxen which
are kept as a prissum mobile, but from those which are fattened for
sale by being fed with oil cakes.
You may perhaps
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Samuel Bentham |
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