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Glouceter Jail
Revd Mr Ferryman
"his many curious
inventions for securing
the cells
and wards view'd
by the D. of Glouceter
the Bsh &c
Times Sept. 16.
1790
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Beavor
Inquirenda
1
Cost of a double
gin-handed
spinning-wheel
2
Time it takes to
make a tolerable
hechler?
3
Do spinner with
the two-handed
wheel
4
Sample of their
books of all sorts.
5.
Cost of their building.
including by
computation the original
part
6
Number it will
hold
7.
Books of last year
whether they could
send them to town
for J.B. to inspect?
Quere - Number
of different books.
8
Total amount
for Governors Salary
9
Whether maintenance
with him
includes cloathing
and washing &
physic?
9
Cost of the log-wood
cutting-mill and
log-beating mill.
10
Is there no inconvenience
from the
raining & snowing
in for want of windows?
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Melancanos
1
Expence on his
plans of a building
for 288 persons
—
24
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264
Liverpool for 270
cost 28,000 Scha
good for happiness
—
of materials, bad for
contraction
Windows Form
Windows - Sash
or Casement -
Last Iron, Wooden
or none
Sa - on hinges
or up & down
Quasi Venetian to keep
out rain as well as
sun
4
difference of price
between Sash &
Window Shutter
5
Windows Shades
Cheapest shades
to keep out Sun
in Chapel time
Qu. whether necessary,
the congregation
being at such
a distance
6
Plans & Estimates
Plans with the
Estimates of the
Jails he has built
7
Beevor
Weaving whether
tried yet? (as per
page 92) - if so
in what time how
much work has
been done - progress
of the work & the
value for sale.
8
Stories
Number
Whether any thing
would be saved by
adding two more
stories?
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II
Melancanos
Windows Height
9
Her of the
windows necessary
to make the thorough
light-sufficient
to exhibit
the prisoner, & answer
the purpose of
the Chapel.
Windows Iron Sash
10
If no glass there
must be bars
to prevent escape:
therefore it is only
the expence of glass -
But then there
must be a means
of fastening the
casements so that
the prisoners may
not be able to
force them - at
least without great
noise.
Windows Height
10
Would not a
small hole with
a single pane
towards the feet do?
suffice?
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Chapel Number
1
No of persons
the Central Area
Laid out the Lodge
20 foot de
would hold
exclusion of
the pulpit &
Clerks' desk
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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