★ Find a new page on our Untranscribed Manuscripts list.
Auto loaded |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''[{{fullurl:JB/538/019/001|action=edit}} Click Here To Edit]''' | '''[{{fullurl:JB/538/019/001|action=edit}} Click Here To Edit]''' | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<p><del><gap/></del> | |||
</p> | |||
<p>Let me have my stockings as soon as you can | |||
<lb/> | |||
I have none to wear that are decent</p> | |||
<p>Wilson is ambitious of the honour of your correspondence | |||
<lb/> | |||
He would be very happy to receive a letter from you | |||
<lb/> | |||
though it were only a blank piece of paper: <del>indeed</del> | |||
<lb/> | |||
to speak the truth that is all I believe he wishes for | |||
<lb/> | |||
To explain the mystery, you are to know he wishes to | |||
<lb/> | |||
try whether a letter would reach him that should be directed | |||
<lb/> | |||
simply <del>"T</del> to "G. Wilson Esq:" Cook's Court London | |||
<lb/> | |||
in order to diminish as much as may be the | |||
<lb/> | |||
trouble of writing <unclear>Franks</unclear> — You may bestow on him | |||
<lb/> | |||
therefore the value of half a sheet of paper full | |||
<lb/> | |||
of nothing by <del>th</del> return of the post - at least do not | |||
<lb/> | |||
say any thing to him or to me that is of any consequence | |||
<lb/> | |||
for fear the experiment should not succeed.</p> | |||
<p>I have been hard at work for your honour | |||
<lb/> | |||
upon the Memorial: but I must have Comyns ere | |||
<lb/> | |||
I can go on. <add>In short</add> I must learn Watchmaking <unclear>I</unclear> see: in order | |||
<lb/> | |||
to understand the manner in which your apparatus | |||
<lb/> | |||
can be adapted to the other work: and in order to see | |||
<lb/> | |||
how much of <del>the other</del> <add>Harrison's</add> work it may supersede. This I | |||
<lb/> | |||
doubt will not be much: no more than that part which | |||
<lb/> | |||
is calculated to <unclear>obviate</unclear> the effects of heat & cold, and which | |||
<lb/> | |||
he calls the <hi rend="underline">Thermometer - kirb</hi>: which makes buy a small</p> | |||
''This Page Has Not Been Transcribed Yet'' | ''This Page Has Not Been Transcribed Yet'' | ||
Let me have my stockings as soon as you can
I have none to wear that are decent
Wilson is ambitious of the honour of your correspondence
He would be very happy to receive a letter from you
though it were only a blank piece of paper: indeed
to speak the truth that is all I believe he wishes for
To explain the mystery, you are to know he wishes to
try whether a letter would reach him that should be directed
simply "T to "G. Wilson Esq:" Cook's Court London
in order to diminish as much as may be the
trouble of writing Franks — You may bestow on him
therefore the value of half a sheet of paper full
of nothing by th return of the post - at least do not
say any thing to him or to me that is of any consequence
for fear the experiment should not succeed.
I have been hard at work for your honour
upon the Memorial: but I must have Comyns ere
I can go on. In short I must learn Watchmaking I see: in order
to understand the manner in which your apparatus
can be adapted to the other work: and in order to see
how much of the other Harrison's work it may supersede. This I
doubt will not be much: no more than that part which
is calculated to obviate the effects of heat & cold, and which
he calls the Thermometer - kirb: which makes buy a small
This Page Has Not Been Transcribed Yet
|
Identifier: | JB/538/019/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1776-04-12 |
|||
|
538 |
|||
|
019 |
|||
|
001 |
|||
|
Correspondence |
|||
|
Jeremy Bentham |
|||
