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<head>Dear Brother Tuesday | <head>Dear Brother Tuesday Morn</head><lb/> | ||
<p>I told you when I saw you last that M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gray had<lb/> desired me to make a correct model of my Pump<lb/> against Saturday last, that the Surveyor might see<lb/> it. but I knew it could not be done scarce in double<lb/> the time tho' I did not tell him so, being unwilling<lb/> the Surveyor should see it. Notwithstanding it was<lb/> not done M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gray told the Surveyor I was making an<lb/> improvement on the chain Pump. I will not pass<lb/> judgement upon his answer but leave it for you to do<lb/> least you should think me prejudiced, but it was,<lb/> "These things may look very pretty in a model but none"<lb/> "of them will answer in the gross there have been many"<lb/> "contrivances but some will do" without having seen or | <p>I told you when I saw you last that M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gray had<lb/> desired me to make a correct model of my Pump<lb/> against Saturday last, that the Surveyor might see<lb/> it. but I knew it could not be done scarce in double<lb/> the time tho' I did not tell him so, being unwilling<lb/> the Surveyor should see it. Notwithstanding it was<lb/> not done M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gray told the Surveyor I was making an<lb/> improvement on the chain Pump. I will not pass<lb/> judgement upon his answer but leave it for you to do<lb/> least you should think me prejudiced, but it was,<lb/> "These things may look very pretty in a model but none"<lb/> "of them will answer in the gross there have been many"<lb/> "contrivances but some will do" without having seen or | ||
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Dear Brother Tuesday Morn
I told you when I saw you last that Mr Gray had
desired me to make a correct model of my Pump
against Saturday last, that the Surveyor might see
it. but I knew it could not be done scarce in double
the time tho' I did not tell him so, being unwilling
the Surveyor should see it. Notwithstanding it was
not done Mr Gray told the Surveyor I was making an
improvement on the chain Pump. I will not pass
judgement upon his answer but leave it for you to do
least you should think me prejudiced, but it was,
"These things may look very pretty in a model but none"
"of them will answer in the gross there have been many"
"contrivances but some will do" without having seen or
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Samuel Bentham |
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