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be by him I am writing <hi rend="underline">to</hi>.</p> | be by him I am writing <hi rend="underline">to</hi>.</p> | ||
Mechanical inventions are calculated for one or the other of 2 purposes:<lb/> | |||
either 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> <del>do something</del> <add>compass</add> some end that <hi rend="underline">was not</hi> compassed before: or 2<hi rend="superscript">dly</hi>,<lb/> | |||
to compass one that <hi rend="underline">was</hi>, at a less <sic>expence</sic>. This <sic>expence</sic> is either 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> of <hi rend="underline">materials</hi><lb/> | |||
or, 2<hi rend="superscript">dly</hi>, of workmanship — so that the saving to be made by an<lb/> | |||
invention of this lastmentioned kind must be a saving either of materials<lb/> | |||
or of workmanship. <add>Of a saving of <hi rend="underline">materials</hi>, (whatever may be the case with it in respect of workmanship)</add> An invention that I saw a few days ago for making<lb/> | |||
wheels out of single pieces of timber by <hi rend="underline">bending</hi>, may serve for an example;<lb/> | |||
it taking no more than about ⅓ of the wood that is necessary where each <sic>quar-</sic><lb/> | |||
(or <hi rend="underline"><unclear>felly</unclear></hi> as it is called) of the wheel is to be cut out of a solid parallellepipedon<lb/> | |||
<!-- drawing of a segment of a wheel -->A saving of <hi rend="underline">workmanship</hi> is made either at the <sic>expence</sic> of 1. <add><unclear>it</unclear></add> the<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">Masters</hi> (<add>already</add> in the business) <hi rend="underline">only</hi>; or 2. of the <hi rend="underline">Workmen</hi> only: or 3<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> of both<lb/> | |||
at once. | |||
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I cannot enough admire the humane delicacy of your ingenious friend: and as he
appears to be one of that small and valuable number of men in a community who
are governed in the first place by conscientious motives, and capable upon occasion
of postponing a benefit of their own to a greater benefit of their neighbour, I shall
venture to treat the question you proposed to me as a case of conscience, without
fear of being laughed at for my pains by him I am writing of, should he happen
to come to the knowledge of what I say, any more than I am sure I shall
be by him I am writing to.
Mechanical inventions are calculated for one or the other of 2 purposes:
either 1st do something compass some end that was not compassed before: or 2dly,
to compass one that was, at a less expence. This expence is either 1st of materials
or, 2dly, of workmanship — so that the saving to be made by an
invention of this lastmentioned kind must be a saving either of materials
or of workmanship. Of a saving of materials, (whatever may be the case with it in respect of workmanship) An invention that I saw a few days ago for making
wheels out of single pieces of timber by bending, may serve for an example;
it taking no more than about ⅓ of the wood that is necessary where each quar-
(or felly as it is called) of the wheel is to be cut out of a solid parallellepipedon
A saving of workmanship is made either at the expence of 1. it the
Masters (already in the business) only; or 2. of the Workmen only: or 3d of both
at once.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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